Clinical Characteristics of the Patients with Iatrogenic Colonic Perforation during Colonoscopy
| Variable | Perforation during diagnostic colonoscopy | Perforation during therapeutic colonoscopy | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 71.2±7.4 | 58.6±14.1 | |
| Gender | 0.340 | ||
| Male | 8 | 5 | |
| Female | 8 | 2 | |
| Bowel preparation | 0.564 | ||
| Excellent | 2 | 2 | |
| Good | 11 | 5 | |
| Fair | 1 | 0 | |
| Poor | 2 | 0 | |
| Comorbidity | 0.025 | ||
| Yes | 14 | 3 | |
| No | 2 | 4 | |
| History of abdominal surgery | 0.146 | ||
| Yes | 4 | 0 | |
| No | 12 | 7 | |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | 22.5±3.5 | 24.1±2.3 | |
| Time of colonoscopy | 0.262 | ||
| Morning | 3 | 3 | |
| Afternoon | 12 | 4 | |
| Operator | 0.001 | ||
| Fellow | 15 | 2 | |
| Professor | 1 | 5 | |
| Site of perforation | 0.134 | ||
| Rectum | 6 | 1 | |
| Sigmoid colon | 7 | 2 | |
| Descending colon | 3 | 2 | |
| Transverse and ascending colon | 0 | 2 | |
| Time of diagnosis of perforation | 0.907 | ||
| <6 hours | 14 | 6 | |
| ≥6 hours | 2 | 1 | |
| Management of treatment | 0.150 | ||
| Endoscopic closure | 10 | 2 | |
| Surgery | 6 | 4 | |
| Conservative care | 0 | 1 | |
| Outcome | 0.328 | ||
| Alive | 14 | 7 | |
| Death | 2 | 0 |
Values are presented as number or mean±standard deviation.