Billroth II anastomosis combined with brown anastomosis reduce reflux gastritis in gastric cancer patients

Table 1 Study outcomes

	Operation	n	Mean	SD	P value
Postoperative hospitalization days	Billroth II	74	13.09	1.41	< 0.0001
	Billroth II + Braun	28	10.17	2.01
Feeding start day	Billroth II	74	6.33	0.66	< 0.0001
	Billroth II + Braun	28	5.17	0.41
NGT removal day	Billroth II	74	4.31	0.31	< 0.0001
	Billroth II + Braun	28	4.00	0.67
NGT output (day 0)	Billroth II	74	183.56	56.29	< 0.0001
	Billroth II + Braun	26	73.64	25.70
NGT output (day 1)	Billroth II	72	265.80	50.08	< 0.0001
	Billroth II + Braun	26	168.18	76.95
NGT output (day 2)	Billroth II	61	234.59	44.82	< 0.0001
	Billroth II + Braun	21	85.56	43.08
NGT output (day 3)	Billroth II	49	280.00	57.76	< 0.0001
	Billroth II + Braun	16	47.14	17.82
NGT output (day 4)	Billroth II	30	251.67	70.48	< 0.0001
	Billroth II + Braun	12	136.00	93.25
NGT output (day 5)	Billroth II	21	234.62	65.08	< 0.0001
	Billroth II + Braun	7	116.67	92.80
NGT output (day 6)	Billroth II	13	322.50	76.11	< 0.0001
	Billroth II + Braun	1	0	NA
NGT output (sum)	Billroth II	74	1102.78	203.94	< 0.0001
	Billroth II + Braun	28	399.17	140.18

NGT: Nasogastric tube; NA: Not available.