Table 2.
Hostile Abdomen Index Preoperative and Intraoperative Scores and Complications, 1998 to 2003 and 2004 to 2010a
| 1998–2003 | Preoperative Score 1 | Preoperative Score 2 | Preoperative Score 3 | Preoperative Score 4 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intraoperative score 4 | Bleeding | 3 | Bleeding | 3 | Bleeding | 4 | Bleeding | 1 |
| Enterotomy | Enterotomy | 2 | Enterotomy | 5 | Enterotomy | 9 | ||
| Intraoperative score 3 | Bleeding | Bleeding | Bleeding | 1 | Bleeding | 1 | ||
| Enterotomy | Enterotomy | Enterotomy | 1 | Enterotomy | ||||
| Intraoperative score 2 | Bleeding | 1 | Bleeding | Bleeding | Bleeding | |||
| Enterotomy | Enterotomy | Enterotomy | Enterotomy | |||||
| Intraoperative score 1 | Bleeding | 2 | Bleeding | 1 | Bleeding | 1 | Bleeding | |
| Enterotomy | Enterotomy | Enterotomy | 1 | Enterotomy | ||||
| 2004–2010 | Preoperative Score 1 | Preoperative Score 2 | Preoperative Score 3 | Preoperative Score 4 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intraoperative score 4 | Bleeding | 1 | Bleeding | 1 | Bleeding | 3 | Bleeding | 1 |
| Enterotomy | 1 | Enterotomy | Enterotomy | 3 | Enterotomy | 3 | ||
| Intraoperative score 3 | Bleeding | 1 | Bleeding | 1 | Bleeding | 4 | Bleeding | 3 |
| Enterotomy | Enterotomy | Enterotomy | 1 | Enterotomy | 2 | |||
| Intraoperative score 2 | Bleeding | Bleeding | Bleeding | 1 | Bleeding | |||
| Enterotomy | Enterotomy | Enterotomy | Enterotomy | |||||
| Intraoperative score 1 | Bleeding | 3 | Bleeding | 4 | Bleeding | 2 | Bleeding | |
| Enterotomy | Enterotomy | Enterotomy | Enterotomy | |||||
a
Bleeding and inadvertent enterotomy complications from 2 periods, 1998 to 2003 and 2004 to 2010, compared using the Hostile Abdomen Index preoperative and intraoperative scoring system. A preoperative score of 3 or 4, indicating multiple prior laparotomies or severe comorbidities, was associated with a higher intraoperative score in both periods.