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Table 3 Characteristics of esophageal perforation and rupture (EPR) according to etiology

From: Prognostic factors of esophageal perforation and rupture leading to mortality: a retrospective study

Cause of EPR

No. of cases

Size (mm), mean

Time to treatment (days)

Hospital stay duration

Mortality, n (%)

Fish bone

41

10.80

2.06

15.07

2 (4.87%)

Boerhaave syndrome

22

33.64

2.32

29.82

3 (13.6%)

Iatrogenic

5

16.80

3.7

19.4

1 (20%)

Other

11

25.7

2.61

28

1 (9.1%)

Total

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