Table 3. Postoperative data for all patients.

Variables	Stent and recovery, n = 29 (63 %)	Stent and failure, n = 17 (17 %)	P value
Time to recovery, median (IQR), days	34 (17 – 50)	–
Time to change of treatment strategy, median (IQR), days	–	99 (10 – 513)
Endoscopic reintervention(s), n (%)	15 (52)	10 (59)	0.641
Drainage via laparotomy, n (%) (n = 45)	8 (28)	4 (25)	0.762
Drainage via thoracotomy, n (%) (n = 45)	2 (7)	4 (25)	0.174
Days in hospital, median (IQR)	54 (31 – 71)	61 (40 – 107)	0.232
Days in intensive care unit, median (IQR)	12 (1 – 23)	23 (13 – 38)	0.010
Ventilator support, n (%)	19 (66)	16 (94)	0.036
Dialysis, n (%)	2 (7)	5 (29)	0.083
In-hospital mortality, n (%)	1 (3)	11 (65)	< 0.001
Second-line treatment, n
Acute rescue esophagectomy		5
Delayed colonic interposition		3
Endoluminal vacuum therapy		1
Esophagojejunal anastomosis		1

IQR, interquartile range.