Variables

Total

Surgical techniques

p

Closure with acid reduction

Vagotomy and gastro-jejunostomy

N = 30 (%)

N = 15 (%)

N = 15 (%)

Age (years):

Mean ± SD

Range

36.1 ± 8.88

20 - 51

42 ± 5.84

34 - 51

30.2 ± 7.38

20 - 45

<0.001**

Gender:

Male

Female

27 (90)

3 (10)

13 (86.7)

2 (13.3)

14 (93.3)

1 (6.7)

1

Smoking:

Absent

Present

15 (50)

15 (50)

10 (66.7)

5 (33.3)

5 (33.3)

10 (66.7)

0.143

Alcoholism:

Absent

Present

24 (80)

6 (20)

13 (54.2)

2 (33.3)

11 (45.88)

4 (66.7)

0.651

Comorbid condition:

Absent

Present

20 (66.7)

10 (33.3)

8 (40)

7 (70)

12 (60)

3 (30)

0.245

Clinical presentation:

Severe abdominal pain and distension

Nausea, vomiting, dyspepsia

Fever and shock

Classical signs of peritonitis

8 (26.7)

11 (36.7)

5 (16.7)

6 (20)

3 (37.5)

4 (36.4)

3 (60)

5 (83.3)

5 (62.5)

7 (63.6)

2 (40)

1 (16.7)

0.242

Preoperative shock:

Absent

Present

19 (63.3)

11 (36.7)

7 (36.8)

8 (72.7)

12 (63.2)

3 (27.3)

0.128

Duration of perforation:

<24 hours

>24 hours

14 (46.7)

16 (53.3)

3 (21.4)

12 (75)

11 (78.6)

4 (25)

0.009*