Clinical Analysis of the Curative Effect of a Transnasal Ileus Tube in the Treatment of Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by a Phytobezoar

Table 1

Clinical findings of the combined and conservative groups.

Clinical findings	Combined group ()	Conservative group ()
Age (years)			0.158
Sex (male/female)	15/9	27/20	0.682
History of previous abdominal surgery [ (%)]	10 (41.7)	15 (31.9)	0.416
History of previous abdominal radiotherapy [ (%)]	1 (4.2)	0	0.159
Symptoms [ (%)]
Abdominal pain	24 (100)	46 (97.9)	0.472
Abdominal distension	19 (79.2)	40 (85.1)	0.528
Failure of stool	23 (95.8)	45 (95.7)	0.986
Failure of gas pass	23 (95.8)	43 (91.5)	0.499
Nausea	13 (54.2)	27 (57.4)	0.792
Vomiting	19 (79.2)	33 (70.2)	0.420
Duration of symptoms before admission (days)			0.406
Signs [ (%)]
Temperature (>37.5°C)	0	3 (6.4)	0.206
Heart rate (>100 beats/min)	1 (4.2)	1 (2.1)	0.623
Bowel sounds (<3 times/min)	10 (41.7)	19 (40.4)	0.920
Acute peritonitis	0	2 (4.3)	0.305
Laboratory data
WBC count (×10^9/L)			0.860
Hemoglobin (g/L)			0.392
Albumin (g/L)			0.382
Potassium (mmol/L)			0.911
Sodium (mmol/L)			0.494
Obstruction position
Jejunum/ileum/jejunum+ileum	4/20/0	18/28/1	0.120
Effectiveness of nonsurgical therapy [ (%)]	19 (79.2)	23 (48.9)	0.014

Except if otherwise noted, values are presented as or number (%).