Table 1.
Diagnosis and demographic data of all the patients
| Diagnosis | n | Male | Female | Age (yr) mean ± SD | |
| 1 | Self-inflicted colon injury | 22 | 22 | 0 | 23.6 ± 9.4 |
| 23 | Trauma (stab wounds and blast trauma) | 16 | 15 | 1 | 31 ± 8.6 |
| 3 | Volvulus sigmoid colon | 20 | 16 | 4 | 56.7 ± 7.0 |
| 41 | Stomach cancer extending to transverse colon | 9 | 7 | 2 | 53 ± 9.6 |
| 51 | Obstructing left colon cancer | 14 | 11 | 3 | 54.7 ± 11 |
| 6 | Amoebic colon abscess | 4 | 3 | 1 | 40.7 ± 9.6 |
| 7 | Endometriosis of left colon | 4 | 0 | 4 | 31.2 ± 3.5 |
| 8 | Ischaemic colitis (post-AAA repair) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 57.2 ± 3.3 |
| 92 | Iatrogenic | 6 | 5 | 1 | 31.6 ± 7.7 |
| 10 | Strangulated ventral hernia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 54 ± 2.0 |
| Total | 103 | 83 | 20 | 42.4 ± 16.3 |
1
Comorbid conditions in 40% of patients in each group e.g. diabetes mellitus, schaemic heart disease, hypertension and chronic obstructive airway disease.
2
2 involved hepatic flexure, 3 splenic flexure.
3
3 patients involved in blast trauma.