Table 5.

Patients with gastric tube necrosis

Case number	Age / sex	Cause	Presentation	Diagnosis	Outcome	Other relevant information
7	73M	Nil noted	Sepsis, pleural effusion	Endoscopy (day 5)	Discharge day 47; deceased day 124	Heavy ex-smoker (>50 pack years), stopped 6 months prior to surgery
44	75M	Tight hiatus	Clinical leak	Thoracotomy (day 4)	Declined reconstruction; disease free	Cigar smoker (1/day)
59	60F	Injury to gastroepiploic arcade	Pleural effusion	Endoscopy (day 7)	Colonic interposition graft; disease recurrence 3.5 years	Heavy ex-smoker (>50 pack years), stopped 5 months prior to surgery; developed acute onset AF postoperatively
73	75M	Injury to gastroepiploic arcade	Sepsis	Endoscopy (day 5)	Endoscopy (day 5)	Pipe smoker; developed acute onset AF postoperatively

M = male; F = female; AF = atrial fibrillation