Nursing care for patients with liver cirrhosis undergoing surgery for esophageal variceal bleeding in an integrated healthcare system

Table 1 Postoperative recovery in both groups

Groups	Cases	Time to symptom improvement (day)	Eating time (day)	Bowel sound recovery time (day)	Anal exhaust time (day)	Length of stay (day)
Control	90	2.85 ± 0.80	4.25 ± 0.70	2.30 ± 0.30	2.80 ± 0.40	9.50 ± 1.25
Observation	90	1.80 ± 0.35	2.70 ± 0.65	1.40 ± 0.25	1.45 ± 0.25	6.00 ± 1.05
t		11.408	15.393	21.864	27.151	20.340
P value		< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001