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 3

Postoperative outcomes in the per-protocol group.

	Patients ()
Overall complication	13 (21.3)
Surgical site infection	3 (4.9)
Superficial incisional (grade I/II/III/IV)	3 (3/0/0/0)
Deep incisional	0
Organ/space	0
Diet start (POD)	2.0 ± 3.4
Gas passage (POD)	2.3 ± 0.8
Postoperative fever	22 (36.1)
Hospital stay (POD)	8.3 ± 5.0

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