Preoperative Nutritional Therapy Reduces the Risk of Anastomotic Leakage in Patients with Crohn’s Disease Requiring Resections

Table 2

Preoperative management and surgical procedure.

Management	Non-NT group ()	NT group ()	value
	(%)	(%)
Preoperative management time (days)	11.3 ± 4.7	22.7 ± 8.2	<0.0001
Nutritional therapy
EEN	—	48 (84.2%)
EN and PN	—	6 (10.5%)
TPN	—	3 (5.3%)
Drainage	41	35	1.00
Cessation of drugs			0.67
Steroids	12 (18.2)	9 (15.8)
Azathioprine or TWF	31 (47.0)	26 (45.6)
Anti-TNF-	1 (1.5)	3 (5.3)
Sulfasalazine or mesalazine	16 (24.2)	12 (21.1)
Antibiotics	13 (19.7)	9 (15.8)	0.64
Surgical procedure			0.63
Small-bowel resection	23	24
Ileocolic resection	13	11
Ileocecal resection	7	9
Partial colectomy	18	10
Other procedures	5	3

, number of surgeries; TWP, Tripterygium  wilfordii Hook. F.