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Table 1 A summary of necrotizing pancreatitis with emphysema

From: Necrotizing pancreatitis complicated by retroperitoneal emphysema: two case reports

60 cases including our two cases and 58 reported cases (Ref. [2, 18,19,20, 25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65])

Sex

 

 Male

46 (76.7%)

 Female

12 (20.0%)

 Unknown

2 (3.3%)

Age, median [IQR]

61 [51.5–73]

Co-morbid disease

 

 History of diabetes mellitus

17 (28.3%)

History of drinking

 

 Yes

20 (33.3%)

 None

40 (66.7%)

Days to appearance of emphysema from disease onset

 

  < 7 days

34 (56.7%)

  ≥ 7 days

15 (25.0%)

 Unknown

11 (18.3%)

Bacteria detected in the peripancreatic area

Number of cases

 Total

38

 E. coli

14

 K. pneumoniae

9

 C. perfringens

7

 P. aeruginosa

3

 Enterococcus spp.

2

 E. aerogenes

2

 Candida spp.

2

 P. vulgaris

1

 H. parainfluenzae

1

 S. sanguis

1

 Bacteroides spp.

1

 Not mentioned

22

Treatment

 

 Laparotomy

20 (33.3%)

 Puncture drainage (endoscopic or percutaneous)

13 (21.7%)

 Combined (laparotomy and puncture drainage)

4 (6.7%)

 Conservative treatment

23 (38.3%)

Prognosis

 

 Alive

43 (71.7%)

 Dead

17 (28.3%)

    < 7 days to appearance of emphysema from disease onset

15

    ≥ 7 days to appearance of emphysema from disease onset

0

  Unknown

2

Mortality rate

 

All patients

27%

 < 7 days to appearance of emphysema from disease onset

44.1%