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World J Gastrointest Surg. May 27, 2025; 17(5): 104803
Published online May 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i5.104803
Published online May 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i5.104803
Table 1 Baseline demographic findings of the study population, n (%)
| Variables (n = 82) | |
| Gender | |
| Female | 54 (65.9) |
| Male | 28 (34.1) |
| Age | |
| mean ± SD | 58 ± 17 |
| Median (minimum-maximum) | 59 (18-87) |
| Serum ascites albumin gradient | |
| < 1.1 | 79 (96.3) |
| ≥ 1.1 | 3 (3.7) |
| Ascites cytology | |
| Benign | 29 (35.4) |
| Malignant | 44 (53.7) |
| Inflammatory reaction | 9 (11) |
| Final diagnosis | |
| Malignant | 60 (73.2) |
| Benign | 22 (26.8) |
| Mortality | |
| Deceased | 55 (67.1) |
| Benign | 27 (32.9) |
- Citation: Caliskan AR, Erdogan MA, Baskiran A, Ocal IH, Kacmaz H. Evaluation of diagnostic laparoscopy results in Turkish patients with unexplained ascites. World J Gastrointest Surg 2025; 17(5): 104803
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9366/full/v17/i5/104803.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v17.i5.104803