Table 4.
Duodenal trauma. Outcomes compared by the leak of the duodenal repair
| Variable | Total (n = 288) |
No leak (n = 238) |
Leak (n = 50) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICU admission, n (%) | 201 (69.8) | 159 (66.6) | 42 (84.0) | 0.017* |
| ICU LOS† days, median (IQR) | 7 (4–16) | 5.5 (3–12) | 21 (10–31) | < 0.001** |
| Hospital LOS days, median (IQR) | 15 (9–30) | 13 (8.5–22) | 32 (14–52) | < 0.001** |
| Sepsis, n (%) | 65 (22.6) | 34 (14.3) | 31 (62.0) | < 0.001* |
| Intraabdominal abscess, n (%) | 30 (10.4) | 20 (8.4) | 10 (20.0) | 0.022* |
| Need for unplanned surgery, n (%) | 103 (35.8) | 79 (33.2) | 24 (48.0) | 0.053* |
| Mechanical ventilation, n (%) | 82 (28.5) | 57 (24.0) | 25 (50.0) | < 0.001* |
| Renal replacement therapy, n (%) | 22 (7.6) | 16 (6.7) | 6 (12.0) | 0.238* |
| Hospital readmission, n (%) | 41 (14.2) | 35 (14.7) | 6 (12.0) | 0.824* |
| Mortality, n (%) | 36 (12.5) | 26 (10.9) | 10 (20.0) | 0.098* |
ICU Intensive Care Unit LOS Length of Stay
*Fisher’s Exact Test
**Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test
†For the patients admitted to the ICU