Table 1.
Perioperative data on patients with stercoral perforation of the colon
| Patient Number | Gender | Age | Interval (day)1 | Case history | X-ray finding | Peritonitis | Localization | Perforation size (cm) and site | Fecaloma |
| A | F | 4 | 1 | Chronic constipation | Subdiaphragmatic free air | Generalized | Mid-sigmoid Colon | 1 × 0.8 Anti-mesocolic | Within abdominal cavity |
| B | M | 70 | 3 | Chronic constipation, Cushing’s syndrome | Subdiaphragmatic free air | Generalized | Rectosigmoid colon junction | 5 × 3 Anti-mesocolic | Within the colon |
| C | F | 84 | 2 | Chronic constipation, D.M. | Subdiaphragmatic free air | Generalized | Sigmoid Colon | 3 × 2, Anti-mesocolic | Protruding through perforation |
| D | F | 79 | 1 | Chronic constipation, stroke | Subdiaphragmatic free air | Lower abdomen | Mid-sigmoid Colon | 2.5 × 1.5, Anti-mesocolic | Within the colon |
| E | M | 64 | 2 | Chronic constipation, D.M., hypothyroidism, gouty arthritis | Extraluminal free air | Generalized | Sigmoid Colon | 4 × 2, Anti-mesocolic | Within the colon |
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between symptom to operation.