Table 1.
Patients' demographic data (n, %).
Figure 1.
The operative procedure for retrosternal route gastrostomy.
(A) The black arrow shows a purse-string suture in the anterior wall of the stomach under the xiphoid; (B) The black arrow shows the feeding tube was inserted through the incision, and 10 to 25 cm of the tube was passed aborally in the intestingal lumen; (C) The black arrow shows the feeding tubes brought out through the anterior abdominal wall; (D) The black arrow shows the omentum and the peritoneum were sutured to the gastric wall near the tube.
Table 2.
Incidence of postoperative complications between two groups (n, %).
Table 3.
Two risk factors related to postoperative pneumonia were confirmed with logistic regression analysis.
Table 4.
Parameter Estimation.