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Table 2 Treatment and prognosis

From: Seven esophageal perforation cases after aortic replacement/stenting for thoracic aortic dissection or aneurysm

No.

Initial treatment of perforation

Operation time and blood loss

Complications

Discharge

Outcome of postoperative observation period

Cause of death

1

Esophagectomy without reconstruction, gastrostomy, and esophagostomy (left thoracotomy)

375 min

500 ml

SSI

Yes

Survival

424 days

2

Esophagectomy without reconstruction, gastrostomy, and esophagostomy (right thoracotomy)

345 min

251 ml

SSI

No

Death

54 days

Bleeding

3

Esophagectomy without reconstruction, gastrostomy, and esophagostomy with aortic replacement (descending aorta) (left thoracotomy)

514 min

3231 ml

Sepsis

Mediastinitis

No

Death

41 days

Sepsis

Mediastinitis

4

Esophagectomy without reconstruction, gastrostomy, and esophagostomy (right thoracotomy)

327 min

150 ml

Sepsis

Myocardial infarction

No

Death

14 days

Sepsis

Myocardial infarction

5

Esophagectomy without reconstruction, gastrostomy, and esophagostomy (right thoractomy)

638 min

3704 ml

Sepsis

No

Death

30 days

Sepsis

Intrapulmonary hemorrhage

6

Esophagogastric bypass

326 min

85 ml

None

Yes

Death

645 days

Bleeding

7

Esophagectomy without reconstruction, gastrostomy, and esophagostomy with hematoma evacuation (right thoracotomy)

554 min

2374 ml

Empyema

Pneumonitis

Mediastinitis

Yes

Death

320 days

Bleeding

  1. SSI surgical site infection