Predicting the Progress of Caustic Injury to Complicated Gastric Outlet Obstruction and Esophageal Stricture, Using Modified Endoscopic Mucosal Injury Grading Scale

Table 2

Comparison of the clinical characteristics and severity of corrosive injury between patients with and without esophageal stricture (ES).

	ES; 𝑁=29	Non-ES; 𝑁=69	𝑃
Age (years, mean ± SD)	45.1 ± 15	49.5 ± 17	0.321
Gender (M/F)	12/17	34/35	0.475
Acid/alkali	25/4	61/8	0.745
Grade III esophagus injury	17 (58.6%)	19 (27.5%)	0.006
Grade III stomach injury	19 (65.5%)	30 (43.5%)	0.046
Grade III duodenum injury	6 (24%)	7 (10.6%)	0.103