Treatment of perforated giant gastric ulcer in an emergency setting

Table 1 Patient demography

SerialNo.	Age, yr	Sex	Procedureundergone	Nature of gastric ulcer	Recovery	Discharge day post-operatively
1	47	Male	PC	BENIGN	U	6
2	54	Male	PC	BENIGN	U	6
3	52	Male	PC + DG + GJ	BENIGN	GF	17
4	77	Male	PC + SG + GJ + D2	MALIGNANT	GF + ARDS + MODS + M	-
5	63	Male	DG + GJ	MALIGNANT	U	6
6	74	Female	DG + GJ	BENIGN	U	6
7	79	Female	DG + GJ	BENIGN	U	6
8	57	Male	DG + GJ	BENIGN	U	6
9	53	Male	DG + GJ	MALIGNANT	U	8
10	46	Male	DG + GJ	BENIGN	U
11	72	Male	DG + GJ	MALIGNANT	U	8
12	49	Female	DG + GJ	BENIGN	U	6
13	67	Male	DG + GJ	BENIGN	U	6
14	56	Male	DG + GJ	BENIGN	U	7
15	68	Female	DG + GJ	MALIGNANT	U	8
16	63	Male	DG + GJ	BENIGN	U	9
17	61	Male	DG + GJ	MALIGNANT	U	7
18	56	Female	DG + GJ	BENIGN	U	9
19	49	Male	DG + GJ	BENIGN	U	7
20	66	Male	DG + GJ	BENIGN	U	6

PC: Primary closure; DG: Distal gastrectomy; GJ: Gastrojejunostomy; SG: Subtotal gastrectomy; D2: D2 lymph node dissection for ca stomach; U: Uneventful recovery; GF: Gastric fistula; ARDS: Adult respiratory distress syndrome; M: Mortality; MODS: Multiorgan dysfunction syndrome.

Table 2 Distribution of patients according to age of the patients n (%)

Age group	Number of patients
41-50	4 (20)	Mean age = 63 yr
51-60	6 (30)
61-70	6 (30)
71-80	4 (20)
Total	20

Table 3 Distribution of patients according to the type of surgery n (%)

Type of surgery	Number of patients
PC	4 (18.2)
DG + GJ	17 (77.3)
SG + GJ + D2	1 (4.5)
Total	22

PC: Primary closure; DG: Distal gastrectomy; GJ: Gastrojejunostomy; SG: Subtotal gastrectomy; D2: D2 lymph node dissection for ca stomach.

Table 4 Distribution of patients according to recovery n (%)

Type of patient compliance	Number of patients
Uneventful recovery	18 (85.72)
Complications	2 (9.52)
Mortality	1 (4.76)
Total	21