Table 4 Univariate analysis of 30-day mortality for a series of elderly patients who underwent treatment for malignant colonic obstruction
From: Factors associated with mortality risk for malignant colonic obstruction in elderly patients
Variables | Deaths/patients (%) | P value |
|---|---|---|
Mortality | 57/233 (24.5) | |
Age | NS | |
70-79 | 28/138 (20.3) | |
≥ 80 | 29/95 (30.5) | |
Sex | NS | |
Male | 27/106 (25.5) | |
Female | 30/127 (23.6) | |
Comorbidities | <0.01 | |
Negative | 8/70 (11.4) | |
Positive | 49/163 (30.1) | |
Time from onset of symptoms to surgery, h | <0.01 | |
< 72 | 24/140 (17.1) | |
≥ 72 | 33/93 (35.5) | |
ASA grading | <0.01 | |
I–II | 5/107 (4.7) | |
III | 15/60 (25.0) | |
IV | 32/61 (52.5) | |
V | 5/5 (100.0) | |
Intra-operative findings | ||
Peritonitis | 25/46 (54.3) | <0.01 |
Perforations | 14/21 (66.7) | <0.01 |
Location of obstruction | NS | |
Right-sided obstruction | 25/80 (31.3) | |
Left-sided obstruction | 32/153 (20.9) | |
Dukes staging | <0.01 | |
Dukes A and Dukes B | 5/49 (10.2) | |
Dukes C | 31/131 (23.7) | |
Dukes D | 21/53 (39.6) | |
Morbidities | ||
Surgical | 12/36 (33.3) | NS |
Medical | 45/109 (41.3) | <0.01 |