Variables | Numbers | Percentage |
Treatment delay after admission (hours) |
|
|
≤12 | 34 | 65.4 |
]12 - 24] | 12 | 23.1 |
]24 - 48] | 5 | 9.6 |
>48 | 1 | 1.9 |
Etiologies suspected intraoperatively |
|
|
Typhoid perforation | 38 | 73.1 |
Perforation in the context of obstruction | 6 | 11.5 |
Perforation in a tumor context | 3 | 5.8 |
Not specified | 5 | 9.6 |
Distance from the ileocecal valve (cm) |
|
|
≤5 | 18 | 34.6 |
]5 - 10] | 29 | 55.8 |
>10 | 5 | 9.6 |
Number of perforations |
|
|
1 | 40 | 76.9 |
2 | 7 | 13.5 |
≥3 | 5 | 9.6 |
Surgical techniques |
|
|
Excision-suture | 18 | 34.6 |
Resection-anastomosis | 11 | 21.2 |
Hemicolectomy | 9 | 17.3 |
Veillard technique | 9 | 17.3 |
Ileostomy | 5 | 9.6 |
Associated gestures |
|
|
Appendectomy | 15 | 28.8 |
Excision of a mass | 3 | 5.8 |
Resection of a Meckel diverticulum | 1 | 1.9 |