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

Table 4

Univariate analysis of factors of patients’ transition to surgery.

	Surgery ()	No surgery ()
Age (years)			0.092
Sex (male/female)	20/9	22/20	0.162
History of previous abdominal surgery [ (%)]	9 (31.0)	16 (38.1)	0.540
History of previous abdominal radiotherapy [ (%)]	1 (3.4)	0	0.226
Symptoms [ (%)]
Abdominal pain	29 (100)	41 (97.6)	0.403
Abdominal distension	27 (93.1)	32 (76.2)	0.062
Failure of stool	27 (93.1)	41 (97.6)	0.353
Failure of gas pass	26 (89.7)	40 (95.2)	0.366
Nausea	19 (65.5)	21 (50.0)	0.195
Vomiting	24 (82.8)	28 (66.7)	0.132
Duration of symptoms before admission (days)			0.001
Signs [ (%)]
Temperature (>37.5°C)	2 (6.9)	1 (2.4)	0.353
Heart rate (>100 beats/min)	0	2 (4.8)	0.233
Bowel sounds (<3 times/min)	14 (48.3)	15 (35.7)	0.290
Acute peritonitis	2 (6.9)	0	0.084
Laboratory data
WBC count (×10^9/L)			0.215
Hemoglobin (g/L)			0.740
Albumin (g/L)			0.005
Potassium (mmol/L)			0.803
Sodium (mmol/L)			0.344
Obstruction position
Jejunum/ileum/jejunum+ileum	8/21/0	14/1/27	0.594
Receive transnasal ileus tube treatment	5 (17.2)	19 (45.2)	0.014
Length of hospital stay (days)			0.001

Except for special instructions, values are presented as or number (%).