Table 1 Respondent demographics
RespondentAgeGender (F/M)Post operative? (Y/N)Status/diagnosis
146FYTransfer – subacute anastomotic leak
249FNSplenic infarct
370MNAcute pancreatitis
450FYElective ileostomy reversal
561MNOesophageal cancer
663MYSarcoma of abdominal wall
738FNCholedocholithiasis – post ERCP
873FYPost open cholecystectomy (gallbladder adenoma)
931FNCholedocholithiasis
1050MNComplicated chronic pancreatitis
1122MYPost laparoscopic appendicectomy
1263FNAcute cholecystitis
1364FNPost TACE (metastatic GIST)
1427FNAcute on chronic pancreatitis
1580FNAdhesional small bowel obstruction
1668FYPost Heller’s myotomy (achalasia)
1783FNPre-ERCP (choledocholithiasis)
1869MYPost laparotomy (strangulated abdominal hernia)
1969MYPost trans-hiatal oesophagectomy
2084FNTransfer – Iatrogenic oesophageal perforation
2142MNRetroperitoneal sarcoma
2275FNOesophageal cancer (unresectable)
2342MNSevere acute pancreatitis
2470MNUpper GI bleed (duodenal ulcer)
2567MNPost distal gastrectomy (high grade dysplasia)
2639FNPost laparotomy & small bowel resection (traumatic lumbar hernia)

ERCP = endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; GI = gastrointestinal; GIST = gastrointestinal stromal tumour; TACE = transcatheter arterial chemoembolization. Median age 63 years (22–83). Male = 42.3%, Female = 57% and Post operative = 27% (n = 7)