Diagnosis | No of patients | Positive nodal sample (%) | Positive serosal scrapings (%) | Both samples positive (%) | Positive blood cultures (%) | Sepsis (%) |
Colorectal carcinoma | 141 | 20 (14) | 10 (7) | 7 (35) | 4 (3) | 34 (24) |
Gastric carcinoma | 37 | 5 (14) | 3 (8) | 2 (40) | 0 | 10 (27) |
Pancreatic carcinoma | 24 | 2 (8) | 0 | 0 | 1 (4) | 7 (29) |
Miscellaneous carcinoma | 17 | 1 (6) | 4 (24) | 1 (25) | 2 (12) | 4 (24) |
Inflammatory bowel disease | 40 | 7 (18) | 5 (13) | 4 (57) | 5 (13) | 9 (23) |
Aortic aneurysm | 26 | 3 (12) | 2 (8) | 1 (33) | 6 (23) | 5 (19) |
GI haemorrhage | 19 | 4 (21) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (32) |
Adhesions | 26 | 5 (19) | 2 (8) | 1 (20) | 0 | 6 (23) |
Diverticular disease | 27 | 6 (22) | 4 (15) | 3 (50) | 2 (7) | 4 (15) |
Cholelithiasis | 22 | 3 (14) | 1 (5) | 1 (33) | 2 (9) | 2 (9) |
Complicated hernia | 7 | 2 (29) | 2 (29) | 2 (100) | 1 (14) | 1 (14) |
Early appendicitis | 12 | 2 (17) | 1 (8) | 1 (50) | 1 (8) | 2 (17) |
Pancreatitis | 8 | 2 (25) | 1 (13) | 1 (50) | 2 (25) | 3 (38) |
Miscellaneous | 42 | 7 (17) | 3 (7) | 3 (43) | 2 (5) | 11 (26) |
Adenoma rectum (2) | ||||||
Chronic peptic ulcer (3) | ||||||
Small bowel stricture (1) | ||||||
Duodenocolic fistula (1) | ||||||
Total | 448 | 69 (15) | 38 (8) | 27 (39) | 28 (6) | 104 (23) |
GI, gastrointestinal.