Role of Albumin as a Nutritional and Prognostic Marker in Elective Intestinal Surgery
Table 1
Patients’ characteristics.
Category
Characteristic
n or mean
% or SD
General
Female
50
47.6
Male
55
52.4
Age
53.2
±16.1
Indication
IBD
41
39.1
CRC
39
37.1
Other malignancies
3
2.9
Diverticular disease
8
7.6
Other
14
13.3
Surgery
Ileocecal resection
9
8.6
Right hemicolectomy
8
7.6
Left hemicolectomy/sigmoid resection
12
11.4
Rectal resection
10
9.5
Abdominoperineal resection
3
2.9
Proctocolectomy/subtotal colectomy
18
17.1
Reversal of loop ileostomies
22
21.0
Reversal of other ostomies
10
9.5
Other
13
12.4
Surgical approacha
Laparoscopyb
55
68.8
Conversionc
9
11.3
Primarily open
16
20.0
Type of anastomosis
Small bowel–small bowel
26
24.8
Small bowel–large bowel
33
31.4
Large bowel–large bowel
32
30.5
None
14
13.3
astoma reversal via ostomy excluded (no laparoscopy and no laparotomy); n = 80. blaparoscopic or laparoscopically assisted. cof laparoscopically intended procedures. IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; CRC, colorectal cancer.