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Table 1 Descriptive information by different cause

From: A comparison of patients with neck abscesses caused by esophageal foreign body impaction vs. inflammatory disease: a retrospective study

Total (n = 33)

Esophageal Foreign Body (n = 14)

Inflammatory (n = 19) p-value

Gender (%)

  

0.506

 Male 21 (63.6)

8 (57.1)

13 (68.4)

 

 Female 12 (36.4)

6 (42.9)

6 (31.6)

 

Age (Year), Mean ± SD 58.4 (2.5)

53.9 (4.1)

61.7 (3.0)

0.126

Hospital stay (days), Mean ± SD 21.8 (2.1)

19.5 (3.1)

23.5 (2.9)

0.359

Symptom-surg, Mean ± SD 10.1 (0.9)

9.7 (1.4)

10.4 (1.1)

0.698

Mediastinotomy (%)

  

0.618

 Yes 11 (33.3)

4 (28.6)

7 (36.8)

 

 No 22 (66.7)

10 (71.4)

12 (63.2)

 

Ultrasound puncture (%)

  

0.075

 Yes 5 (15.6)

4 (28.6)

3 (5.6)

 

 No 27 (84.4)

10 (71.4)

17 (94.4)

 

Negative pressure drainage (%)

  

0.388

 Yes 28 (84.9)

11 (78.6)

17 (89.5)

 

 No 5 (15.1)

3 (21.4)

2 (10.5)

 

Post operative irrigation (%)

  

0.158

 Yes 6 (18.2)

1 (7.1)

5 (26.3)

 

 No 27 (81.8)

13 (92.9)

14 (73.7)

 

Tube remove (days), Mean ± SD 11.9 (1.4)

10.4 (1.7)

13.1 (2.0)

0.350

ICU (yes,%) 21 (63.6)

7 (50.0)

14 (73.7)

0.162

Intubation (%)

  

0.518

 Yes 9 (27.3)

3 (21.4)

6 (31.6)

 

 No 24 (72.7)

11 (78.6)

13 (68.4)

 

Tracheotomy (%)

  

0.618

 Yes 6 (18.2)

2 (14.3)

4 (21.0)

 

 No 27 (81.8)

12 (85.7)

15 (79.0)

 

Pre-operative comorbidities (yes,%)

   

 Hypertension 9 (27.3)

3 (21.4)

6 (31.6)

0.518

 Diabetes mellitus 10 (30.3)

3 (21.4)

7 (36.8)

0.341

 Esophageal perforation 16 (48.5)

14 (100)

2 (10.5)

 < 0.001

 Mediastinal abscess 14 (42.4)

5 (35.7)

9 (47.4)

0.503

Post-operative comorbidities (yes,%)

   

 Hoarseness 1 (3.0)

0 (0)

1 (5.3)

0.383

 Renal dysfunction 1 (3.0)

0 (0)

1 (5.3)

0.383

 Heart dysfunction 1 (3.0)

0 (0)

1 (5.3)

0.383

 Liver dysfunction 2 (6.1)

1 (7.1)

1 (5.3)

0.823

 Dermapostasis 2 (6.1)

0 (0)

2 (10.5)

0.210

 Coma 1 (3.0)

0 (0)

1 (5.3)

0.383

 Pneumonia 5 (15.1)

2 (14.3)

3 (15.8)

0.905