Benefits of early postoperative jejunal feeding in patients undergoing duodenohemipancreatectomy

Table 3 Postoperative outcome of patients with pancreatic surgery

Characteristics	LPEN group(n = 23)	EPEN group(n = 16)	P value
BMI
Baseline	21.75 ± 3.16	22.58 ± 2.60	0.8044
POD 6	20.43 ± 2.67	2.40 ± 2.59	0.0305
POD 14	20.14 ± 2.50	22.38 ± 2.55	0.0111
Postoperative complications (%)
Anastomotic leakage	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	NS
Surgical site infection	2 (8.7)	2 (12.5)	0.8797
Pancreatic fistula	9 (39.1)	1 (6.3)	0.0279
Ventral hernia	0 (0.0)	1 (6.3)	0.4103
Cholangitis	6 (26.1)	5 (31.3)	0.9926
Small bowel obstruction	1 (4.3)	1 (6.3)	0.6362
Delayed gastric emptying	1 (4.3)	2 (12.5)	0.5571
Length of hospitalization (days)	44.3 ± 19.0	31.7 ± 8.8	0.0011

NS: not significant