24 hour (N: 77)

48 hour (N: 81)

t test

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

value

p value

Passage of flatus

9.31

3.17

14.68

7.26

t = −6.08

<0.001

passage stool

13.25

3.79

24.82

8.40

t = −10.78

<0.001

N

%

N

%

Chi square test

passage stool

yes

72

93.5%

74

91.4%

χ² = 0.26

0.610