Table 1 Clinicopathological features of patients with perforated gastric cancer.

Age

   Range (yr)/Mean

50–82/68

Sex

   Male

6/10

   Female

4/10

Preoperative diagnosis

   Perforation

10/10

   Cancer

3/10

Location

   Lower third

8/10

   Middle third

1/10

   Upper third

1/10

Serosal invasion*

   Absent

4/6

   Present

2/6

Lauren histological type*

   Diffuse

1/5

   Intestinal

4/5

Lymph node metastasis*

   Absent

4/6

   Present

2/6

Stage of disease

   I

1/10

   II

2/10

   III

3/10

   IV

4/10

Surgery

   Gastrectomy

6/10

   Local repair

4/10

Lymph node dissection

   Extended (D2, D3)

2/6

   Limited (D0, D1)

4/6