Data from the bowel record forms preoperatively and postoperatively in the six women who, after cholecystectomy, claimed to have diarrhoea usually or always
| Patient no | Diarrhoea before surgery | Interdefecatory interval (h) | Stool form | Urge score | Rectal dissatisfaction score | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before surgery | After surgery | Before surgery | After surgery | Before surgery | After surgery | Before surgery | After surgery | ||||||||||
| 1 | Never | 11.9 | 12.5 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| 2 | Never | 8.3 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| 3 | Usually | 24.3 | 12 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | Occasionally | 17.9 | 17.7 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 5 | Often | 12.7 | DNP | 4.6 | DNP | 11 | DNP | DNP | DNP | ||||||||
| 6 | Never | 17.6 | 26.9 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
Results for interdefecatory interval and stool form expressed as mean values. Results for urge score and rectal dissatisfaction score are sum of scores from five defecations.
DNP, data not provided.