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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of the 50 patients with duodenal leaks

From: Complex duodenal fistulae: a surgical nightmare

 

n

%

Male gender

36

72

Age (years, median, range)

63.5

28–86

Charlson comorbidity index (median, range)

2

0–6

Sepsis/septic shock

10/3

20/6

Underlying disease or condition

  

Peptic ulcer perforation

16

32

Severe acute pancreatitis

11

22

Iatrogenic or traumatic perforation

11

22

Gastric malignancy

6

12

Infected aortic prosthesis

4

8

Gallbladder malignancy

1

2

Benign duodenal stricture

1

2

Primary duodenal intervention

  

Duodenal suture

27

54

Duodenal resection with anastomosis

16

32

ERCP*

3

6

Transduodenal drainage with PEG**

2

4

Omental plug

1

2

None***

1

2

  1. *ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography, **PEG, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, ***duodenal perforation was diagnosed from bile leak in the drain after necrosectomy for infected pancreatic necrosis