Table 2.

Imaging and hospital readmissions occurring during the six-month period following discharge for patients residing in Calgary

Outcome	All, N = 236 n (%)	OMa, N = 57 n (%)	NOMb, N = 179 n (%)
Abdominal imaging within 6 months of hospital discharge
Received follow up CTc	41 (17)	5 (9)	36 (20)
No imaging	195 (83)	52 (91)	143 (80)
USd or MRIe only †	2(1)	1 (2)	1 (2)
Hospital re-admissions and surgeries relating to the spleen injury within 6 months of hospital discharge
Re-admitted to hospital	5 (2)	2 (4)	3 (2)
Underwent spleen surgery	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (1)
Received SAAf	2 (1)	0(0)	2 (1)

†One patient in the NOM group had SAA during initial admission and received an abdominal MRI in the follow up period.

^a OM = operative management

^b NOM = non-operative management

^c CT = Computed tomography

^d US = ultrasound

^e MRI = magnetic resonance imaging

^f SAA = Splenic Artery Angiography