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Table 2 Cause-related prognosis of gastro-intestinal perforations

From: The pattern of neonatal gastro-intestinal perforation in upper Egypt

Cause

Survival

Mortality

Total

N

%

N

%

N

%

NEC

10

29.4

6

17.6

16

47.1

Iatrogenic perforation

5

17.6

1

2.9

7

20.6

HSD

5

11.8

0

0

4

11.8

Exomphalos with perforated Meckel’s diverticulum

1

2.9

0

0

1

2.9

High ARM without fistula

0

0

1

2.9

1

2.9

Ileal atresia

0

0

1

2.9

1

2.9

Jejunal atresia

0

0

1

2.9

1

2.9

Meconium ileus with perforation

0

0

1

2.9

1

2.9

Idiopathic gastric perforation

1

2.9

0

0

1

2.9

Volvulus

1

2.9

0

0

1

2.9

Total

23

67.6

11

32.4

34

100