Table 1.
Data on patients treated for an esophageal perforation from 1970-2006 at Lund University hospital
| Total n = 125 | Cervical n = 15 | Thoracic n = 110 | Iatrogenic n = 70 | Spontaneous n = 49 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||||
| male | 77 (62%) | 6 (40%) | 71 (64%)2 | 36 (51%) | 39 (80%)1 |
| female | 48 (38%) | 9 (60%) | 39 (35%) | 34 (49%) | 10 (20%) |
| Age (yrs) | |||||
| median (min-max) | 65 (4-92) | 67 yrs | 64 yrs | 65 yrs | 61 yrs |
| ASA classification Pre-operatively | |||||
| mean | 2,7 | 2,5 | 2,8 | 2,6 | 3,0 |
| Mortality | |||||
| hospital | 24 (19%) | 1 (7%) | 23 (21%) | 14 (20%) | 10 (20%) |
| <90 days post op | 23 (18%) | 1 (7%) | 22 (20%) | 14 (20%) | 9 (18%) |
| Days in Hospital | |||||
| median (min-max) | 21 (2-132) | 16 (9-74) | 22 (2-132) | 16 (2-87) | 35 (4-132)3 |
| Cervical perforations | 11 (16%) | 0 | |||
| Thoracic perforations | x | x | x | 59 (84%) | 49 (100%) |
| Concurrent diseases: | |||||
| Significant co-morbidity | 36 (29%) | 3 (20%) | 33 (30%) | 22 (31%) | 13 (26%) |
| Benign esophageal disease | 66 (53%) | 5 (30%) | 61 (55%) | 48 (69%) | 17 (35%) |
| Malignant esophageal disease | 12 (10%) | 0 | 12 (11%) | 9 (13%) | 3 (6%) |
ASA score ranges from 1 (healthy) to 5 (moribund).
In three patients cause of perforation was foreign material and in three unknown.
1 p = 0,002 2 p = 0,009 3 p = 0,001