Table 1 Clinicopathological features of patients with perforated gastric cancer.

Age

   Range (yr)/Mean

41–73/59

Sex

   Male

10/13

   Female

3/13

Preoperative diagnosis

   Perforation

11/13

   Cancer

2/13

Location-Perforation side

   Lower third

3/10

   Middle third

5/10

   Upper third

5/10

Serosal invasion

   Absent

0/13

   Present

13/13

Lymph node metastasis

   Absent

1/13

   Present

12/13

Stage of disease

   I

0/13

   II

1/13

   III

2/13

   IV

10/13

Surgery

   Gastrectomy

7/13

Total

4/13

Subtotal

3/13

   Local repair

6/13

Lymph node dissection

   Extended (D2, D3)

0/13

   Limited (D0, D1)

7/13