Table 2. The managements and situations of PEAF patients at discharge.
| Managements and effects | Patients | Situation of patients at discharge, n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healing | Non-healing | Dead | ||
| All patients | 85 | 45 (52.9) | 20 (23.5) | 20 (23.5) |
| Surgical management | 8 | 4 (50.0) | 1 (12.5) | 3 (37.5) |
| Stent implantation | 25 | 15 (60.0) | 7 (28.0) | 3 (12.0) |
| Conservative treatment | 52 | 26 (50.0) | 12 (23.1) | 14 (26.9) |
| ICTG | 14 | 9 (64.3) | 4 (28.6) | 1 (7.1) |
| NICTG | 38 | 17 (44.7) | 8 (21.1) | 13 (34.2) |
| Type I | 16 | 10 (62.5) | – | 6 (37.5) |
| Surgical management | 3 | 1 (33.3) | – | 2 (66.7) |
| Stent placement | 4 | 4 (100.0) | – | – |
| Conservative treatment | 9 | 5 (55.6) | – | 4 (44.4) |
| Type Ia | 5 | 4 (80.0) | – | 1 (20.0) |
| Conservative treatment | 5 | 4 (80.0) | – | 1 (20.0) |
| Type Ib | 11 | 6 (54.5) | – | 5 (45.5) |
| Surgical management | 3 | 1 (33.3) | – | 2 (66.7) |
| Stent placement | 4 | 4 (100.0) | – | – |
| Conservative treatment | 4 | 1 (25.0) | – | 3 (75.0) |
| Type II | 69 | 35 (50.7) | 20 (29.0) | 14 (20.3) |
| Surgical management | 5 | 3 (60.0) | 1 (20.0) | 1 (20.0) |
| Stent placement | 21 | 11 (52.5) | 7 (33.3) | 3 (14.3) |
| Conservative treatment | 43 | 21 (48.8) | 12 (27.9) | 10 (23.3) |
| ICTG | 13 | 8 (61.5) | 4 (30.8) | 1 (7.7) |
| NICTG | 30 | 13 (43.3) | 8 (26.7) | 9 (30.0) |
| Type IIa L1 | 25 | 14 (56.0) | 6 (24.0) | 5 (20.0) |
| Surgical management | 1 | 1 (100.0) | – | – |
| Stent placement | 8 | 5 (62.5) | 2 (25.0) | 1 (12.5) |
| Conservative treatment | 16 | 8 (50.0) | 4 (25.0) | 4 (25.0) |
| Type IIa L2 | 6 | 1 (16.7) | 3 (50.0) | 2 (33.3) |
| Surgical management | 1 | – | 1 (100.0) | – |
| Stent placement | 1 | – | – | 1 (100.0) |
| Conservative treatment | 4 | 1 (25.0) | 2 (50.0) | 1 (25.0) |
| Type IIb L1 | 31 | 17 (54.8) | 9 (29.0) | 5 (16.1) |
| Surgical management | 3 | 2 (66.7) | – | 1 (33.3) |
| Stent placement | 11 | 5 (45.5) | 5 (45.5) | 1 (9.1) |
| Conservative treatment | 17 | 10 (58.8) | 4 (23.5) | 3 (17.6) |
| Type IIb L2 | 7 | 3 (42.9) | 2 (28.6) | 2 (28.6) |
| Stent placement | 1 | 1 (100.0) | – | – |
| Conservative treatment | 6 | 2 (33.3) | 2 (33.3) | 2 (33.3) |
PEAF, post-esophagectomy airway fistula; ICTG, interventional conservative treatment group; NICTG, non-interventional conservative treatment group.