Application of mediastinal drainage tube in intrathoracic esophageal anastomotic leakage for early diagnosis and effective treatment: a retrospective study

Table 2 Treatments and outcomes of the patients with AL

	Control Group	Tube Group	P value
Occurence time of hyperpyrexia (Day)	5.27 ± 2.35	5.80 ± 1.87	0.693
Abnormal drainage fluid
Number of patients	7 (63.6%)	15 (100%)	0.022
Occurence time (Day)	6.86 ± 1.35	3.94 ± 0.88
AL^* management
Conservative treatment	4 (36.4%)	12 (80.0%)	0.032
Re-operation	3 (27.3%)	0 (0%)
Endoscopic treatment	4 (36.4%)	3 (20.0%)
Outcome of AL^*
Patients recovered	8 (72.7%)	14 (93.3%)
Hospital stay after AL^* (Recovery time)	86.50 ± 28.52	56.64 ± 23.64	0.015
Motality	3 (27.3%)	1 (6.7%)	0.188

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