Research Article

Duodenal Perforation: Outcomes after Surgical Management at a Tertiary Care Centre—A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Association of mortality with preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative variables, and multivariate analysis for factors affecting mortality.

Mortality
Yes (n = 21, 38%)No (n = 34, 62%) value

Age
 ≤50 years (n = 26)3 (11.5%)23 (88%)0.01
 >50 years (n = 29)18 (62%)11 (38%)

Sex
 Male (n = 38)14 (37%)24 (63%)0.760
 Female (n = 17)7 (41%)10 (59%)

Aetiology
 Ulcer (n = 25)11 (44%)14 (56%)0.479
 Post-ERCP (n = 15)6 (40%)9 (60%)
 Postsurgery (n = 11)2 (18%)9 (82%)
 Trauma (n = 4)2 (50%)2 (50%)

Location
 D1 (n = 25)11 (44%)14 (56%)0.418
 D2 (n = 30)10 (33%)20 (67%)

Duration to surgery
 <4 days (n = 25)5 (20%)20 (80%)0.045
 ≥4 days (n = 30)16 (53%)14 (47%)

Type of surgery
 Repair only (n = 18)8 (44%)10 (56%)0.927
 Repair with diversion (n = 28)10 (36%)18 (64%)
 Diversion only (n = 6)2 (33%)4 (67%)
 Resection (n = 3)1 (33%)2 (67 %)

Preoperative organ failure
 Yes (n = 23)18 (78%)5 (22%)<0.001
 No (n = 32)3 (9.4%)29 (90%)

Postoperative leak
 Yes (n = 11)7 (64%)4 (37%)0.05
 No (n = 44)14 (32%)30 (69%)

Re-exploration
 Yes (n = 5)4 (80%)1 (20%)0.044
 No (n = 50)17 (34%)33 (66%)

Multivariate analysis of factors affecting mortality
 Age0.071
 Organ failure0.002
 Leak0.412