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Purpose. colorectal perforation is a major life-threatening clinical condi-tion that requires emergency surgical intervention. In general peritonitis caused by colorectal perforation still remains a high risk for mortality and morbidity. The aim of this study is to identify clinical characteristics, out-comes and risk factors for patients with colorectal perforation. Methods. From January 1996 to December 2005, 141 patients with colorectal perforation were selected consecutively for this study. Several clinical variables were analyzed, such as sex, age, preoperative symptoms & signs, causes of perforation, concomitant diseases, ASA scores, preop-erative albumin levels, WBC count, band form WBC, persistence of symptoms and signs, intervals between diagnosis to operation, operation times, perioperative blood loss and mortality rates. The statistical methods used in this study included Chi-square analysis, student T-test, univariate logistic regression, and multivariate logistic regression. Statistical signifi-cance was determined as a value of less than 0.05