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Table 2 Effects of immunonutrition on postoperative complications and multivariate analysis

From: Effect of preoperative immunonutrition on complications after salvage surgery in head and neck cancer

Endpoint

Control

Intervention

p-value

Multivariate modelb

n = 45

n = 51

Adjusted OR (95%CI)

p-value

Number of patients with local or systemic complications

26 (58%)

18 (35%)

0.027

0.28 (0.08 to 1.00)

0.049

Local complicationsa

Wound dehiscence

9 (20%)

7 (14%)

0.41

0.60 (0.03 to 1.44)

0.11

Wound abscess

7 (16%)

6 (12%)

0.59

0.24 (0.02 to 3.09)

0.28

Fistula

8 (18%)

5 (10%)

0.25

0.64 (0.03 to 14.1)

0.77

Local hematoma, hemorrhage, seroma

5 (11%)

5 (10%)

0.83

0.20 (0.02 to 2.08)

0.18

  1. aMore than 1 complication possible per patient. bThe multivariate model is adjusted for gender, age, body mass index, Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 [23], smoking habit, alcohol habit, tumor localization, tumor stage, type of surgery, flap reconstruction, and comorbidities. P-values shown in bold indicate significance