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

Table 3 Overall outcome and in-hospital treatment strategies

	Stent and recovery	Stent and failure	P value
	n = 33 (83%)	n = 7 (17%)
In hospital mortality	0	3 (43)	0.004
Time to recovery	29 (19-55)	-
Time to new strategy	-	12 (7-15)
Days of hospitalization	29 (15-48)	54 (18-91)	0.227
Days in ICU	1 (0-7)	14 (11-38)	0.001
Dialysis	0	2 (29)	0.027
Ventilator support	9 (27)	7 (100)	0.001
Sealed leakage after first stent			0.026
Yes n = 22	17 (71)	1 (17)
No n = 8	7 (29)	5 (83)
Endoscopic reintervention1			0.234
0	19 (57)	2 (29)
1	8 (24)	3 (43)
2	4 (12)	2 (29)
3	2 (6)	0
Number of drainage procedures2	3 (2-5)	4 (2-8)	0.552

¹Including change, adjustment or addition of stent;

²Including percutaneous drainage, laparotomy, thoracoscopy and thoracotomy. Values are n (%) or median (IQR). ICU: Insensive Care Unit.