Table 5.

Characteristics of patients with small bowel volvulus and intestinal malrotation undergoing operative or non-operative management.^*

	Operative management	Non-operative management	P-value
Total Patients	134 (79.29%)	35 (20.71%)
Age, mean (sd), years	46.1 (19.9)	56.0 (24.3)	0.0136
Sex			0.114
Female	68 (50.75%)	12 (34.29%)
Male	66 (49.25%)	23 (65.71%)
Race			0.651
White	82 (75.23%)	25 (86.21%)
Black	13 (11.93%)	3 (10.34%)
Hispanic	9 (8.26%)	1 (3.45%)
Asian or Pacific Islander	3 (2.75%)	0
Indian/Other	2 (1.83%)	0
Insurance			0.359
Medicare	31 (23.13%)	14 (40.00%)
Medicaid	15 (11.19%)	5 (14.29%)
Private insurance	71 (52.99%)	12 (34.29%)
Self-pay	11 (8.21%)	3 (8.57%)
No charge	1 (0.75%)	0
Other	5 (3.73%)	1 (2.86%)
Charlson Comorbidity Index			0.479
0	98 (73.13%)	22 (62.86%)
1-2	21 (15.67%)	8 (22.86%)
≥3	15 (11.19%)	5 (14.29%)
Presentation			0.587
Emergent	104 (90.43%)	27 (87.10%)
Elective	11 (9.57%)	4 (12.90%)
Hospital Type
Teaching	66 (49.25%)	14 (40.00%)	0.329
Rural	11 (8.21%)	6 (17.14%)	0.118
Urban	123 (91.79%)	29 (82.86%)	0.118
Management
Adhesiolysis	88 (65.67%)
Manipulation	50 (37.31%)
Ladds	32 (23.88%)
Small bowel resection	26 (19.40%)
Small bowel surgery	18 (13.43%)
Laparoscopic	13 (9.70%)
Destruction of peritoneal tissue	3 (2.24%)
Exploratory laparotomy	3 (2.24%)
Dilation	1 (0.75%)
Small bowel pexy	1 (0.75%)
Presentations of acute abdomen
Acute vascular insufficiency	21 (15.67%)	1 (2.86%)	0.045
Peritonitis	5 (3.73%)	0	0.246
Mortality
Inpatient deaths	3 (2.24%)	1 (2.86%)	0.830
Admission to death time, mean (sd), days	0.67 (0.58)	2

^*Percentages are based upon the denominator of available data.