Predictors for failure of stent treatment for benign esophageal perforations - a single center 10-year experience

Table 1 Summary of patients who received other primary treatment than stenting with intention to heal

Cause of perforation	Localization	Treatment	Reason other treatment
Iatrogenic	Cervical	Drainage and antibiotics	Stent not well tolerated in cervical part
Boerhaave	Distal	Drainage and antibiotics	Treated at another hospital
Foreign body	Cervical	Suture	Stent not well tolerated in cervical part
Boerhaave	Distal	Suture	Large, longstanding lesion
Swallowed knives	Cervical	Suture	Required surgical removal of knife
Unknown	Cervical	Suture	Stent not well tolerated in cervical part
Boerhaave	Distal	Stent	Palliation
Boerhaave	Distal	Esophagectomy	Large, circumferential lesion