Effect of Daikenchuto (TJ-100) on abdominal bloating in hepatectomized patients

Table 3 Patient characteristics of Daikenchuto group and Daikenchuto + lactulose group (mean ± SD)

Variable	DKT group	DKT + lactulose group	P value
Age (yr)	65.9 ± 6.1	64.0 ± 7.6	0.567
Male/female	7/2	8/1	1.000
Height (cm)	164.6 ± 7.3	158.2 ± 12.6	0.206
Weight (kg)	65.1 ± 7.4	56.1 ± 10.5	0.052
BMI (%)	24.0 ± 1.7	22.6 ± 5.0	0.455
Child-Pugh score	Grade A: 9	Grade A: 9	0.585
CLIP score	Score 0: 8 and Score 1: 1	Score 0: 7 and Score 1: 2	1.000
Liver damage score	Grade A: 9	Grade A: 7 and Grade B: 2	0.166
Type of hepatic resection			0.188
	Right lobectomy: 1	Left lobectomy: 1
	Segmentectomy: 1	Segmentectomy: 3
	Wedge resection: 7	Wedge resection: 5
Intraoperative blood loss (mL)	428.9 ± 294.0	852.2 ± 928.4	0.211
Operation time (min)	307.8 ± 107.5	347.2 ± 125.0	0.483
Anesthesia time (min)	392.8 ± 118.0	420.6 ± 128.4	0.639

BMI: Body-mass index; DKT: Daikenchuto.