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Comparison of the clinical characteristics and severity of corrosive injury between patients with and without esophageal stricture (ES).
| ES N = 29 |
Non-ES N = 69 |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years, mean ± SD) | 45.1 ± 15 | 49.5 ± 17 | 0.321 |
| Gender (M/F) | 12/17 | 34/35 | 0.475 |
| Acid/alkali | 25/4 | 61/8 | 0.745 |
| Grade III esophagus injury | 17 (58.6%) | 19 (27.5%) | 0.006 |
| Grade III stomach injury | 19 (65.5%) | 30 (43.5%) | 0.046 |
| Grade III duodenum injury | 6 (24%) | 7 (10.6%) | 0.103 |
