Table 1

Patient data


Group A – 'Small' (Less than 1 cm)
Group B – 'Large' (1 cm – 3 cm)
Group C – 'Giant' (More than 3 cm)

Number of cases
122 (75.31 %)
38 (23.46 %)
02 (1.23 %)
Average age
39.46 years
47.18 years
37.50 years
Male/Female
109 : 13
37 : 1
2 : 0
Average Duration of Symptoms
2.5 days
3.18 days
3.50 days
Surgery Performed
Omental Patch 119 ** Pyloroplasty 03 *
Omental Patch 30 *** Jejunal Serosal Patch 04 * Antrectomy 04 *
Antrectomy and Billroth II 01 Jejunal Serosal Patch 01
Post-operative Leak
03 (2.46 %)
05 (13.16 %)
-
Morbidity
41
37
01
Post-operative Hospital Stay
6.93 days
13.65 days
6.00 days
Mortality
07 (5.74 %)
06 (15.79 %)
01 (50 %)

Each * indicates one post-operative leak

Gupta et al. BMC Surgery 2005 5:15   doi:10.1186/1471-2482-5-15