Table 1 Characteristics of the study population (n = 64)
Characteristic | Data |
|---|---|
Age, years | 63.7 ± 10.3 |
Sex | |
Male | 54 |
Female | 10 |
Comorbidity | |
None | 29 |
Hypertension | 12 |
Cancer cachexia | 11 |
Diabetes | 9 |
Coronary heart disease | 4 |
Clinical stage | |
Stage I | 3 |
Stage II | 14 |
Stage III | 37 |
Stage IV | 4 |
Unknown | 6 |
Pathological type | |
Adenocarcinoma | 61 |
Squamous cell carcinoma | 1 |
Neuroendocrine carcinoma | 1 |
Unknown | 1 |
Differentiation | |
Poorly differentiated | 21 |
Moderately differentiation | 29 |
Well differentiated | 14 |
Method of fistula diagnosis | |
Esophagography | 39 |
Methylene blue test | 12 |
CT | 12 |
Resurgery for suspected intraperitoneal bleeding | 1 |
Size of fistula, mm | 6.95 ± 3.34 |
Fistula stage | |
Early fistula | 24 |
Late fistula | 40 |