Gastrostomy as a Preemptive Measure after Pancreatoduodenectomy against Delayed Gastric Emptying: A Small Case Series and a Review of the Literature

Table 1

The resected intestinal length in cm. The duodenum and jejunum are considered the main sites of motilin production. Conservation of the intestine as much as possible should result in more peristalsis and accelerated gastric emptying.

	Statistic
Mean	21,041
95% confidence interval for mean
Lower bound	19,266
Upper bound	22,815
Median	22,000
Std. deviation	4,4852
Minimum	15,5
Maximum	32,0
Range	16,5