Clinical Study

Multicenter Phase 2 Study about the Safety of No Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Use in Low-Risk Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy for Gastric Carcinoma (KSWEET-01 Study)

Table 2

Postoperative outcomes in the overall group.

Patients ()

Diet start (POD)2.2 ± 2.7
Gas passage (POD)2.6 ± 0.8
Postoperative fever38 (36.2)
Transfusion1 (1.0)
Hospital stay (POD)8.7 ± 5.3
Overall complication26 (24.8)
 Wound complication7
 Abdominal infection6
 Gastric stasis5
 Paralytic ileus4
 Anastomosis leak1
 Atelectasis1
 Omental infarction1
Mortality0
Surgical site infection13 (12.4)
 Superficial incisional (grade I/II/III/IV)6 (5/1/0/0)
 Deep incisional (grade I/II/III/IV)1 (0/1/0/0)
 Organ/space (grade I/II/III/IV)6 (0/4/2/0)

Data are expressed as mean ± SD or n (%); POD: postoperative day.