Table 4.
Treatment of the endoluminal vacuum therapy
| Total n (%) |
AL n (%) |
Perforation n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 102 (100) | 69 (67.6) | 33 (33.4) | |
| Treatment started within 24 h | |||
| Yes | 92 (90.2) | 65.3 (92.8) | 28 (84.9) |
| No | 10 (8.9) | 5 (7.2) | 5 (15.1) |
| Treatment type | |||
| Intraluminal and intracavitary | 50 (49) | 33 (47.8) | 17 (51.5) |
| Intracavitary | 27 (26.5) | 22 (31.9) | 5 (15.2) |
| Intraluminal | 25 (24.5) | 14 (20.3) | 11 (33.3) |
| Intensive care unit | |||
| Yes | 74 (72.6) | 52 (75.4) | 22 (66.7) |
| No | 28 (27.5) | 17 (24.6) | 11 (33.3) |
| Additional thoracic/pleural drainage | |||
| None | 55 (53.9) | 33 (47.8) | 22 (66.7) |
| Thoracic drainage | 41 (40.2) | 34 (49.3) | 7 (21.2) |
| Thoracic drainage lavage | 6 (5.9) | 2 (2.9) | 4 (12.2) |
| Feeding type | |||
| Jejunal/enteral | 49 (48) | 47 (68.1) | 2 (6.1) |
| Enteral feeding tube/enteral | 28 (27.5) | 17 (24.6) | 11 (33.3) |
| Parenteral | 20 (19.6) | 3 (4.4) | 17 (51.5) |
| PEG/enteral | 3 (2.9) | 1 (1.5) | 2 (6.1) |
| Dysphagia score | |||
| 0, no dysphagia: able to eat normal diet | 77 (75.5) | 54 (78.3) | 23 (69.7) |
| 1, moderate passage: able to eat some solid foods | 18 (17.7) | 10 (14.5) | 8 (24.2) |
| 2, poor passage: able to eat semi-solid foods | 6 (5.9) | 4 (5.8) | 2 (6.1) |
| 3, very poor passage: able to swallow liquids only | 1 (1) | 1 (1.5) | n.a. |
AL, anastomotic leakage; PEG, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.