Table 3:
Intra-abdominal injuries among children with blunt torso trauma admitted to the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman (N = 30)
| Type of injury | Total | Grade | Management | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Operative (successful) | NOM (successful) | ||
| Solid organ injuries | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Liver alone | 8 | 5 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 (0) | 7 (7) |
| Spleen alone | 6 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 (0) | 5 (5) |
| Liver and spleen | 2 | 1* | - | - | 2† | 1‡ | - | 2 (2) |
| Renal | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 (2) |
| Other IAIs | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adrenal with retroperitoneal haematoma | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 (1) |
| Bowel | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 (1) | - |
| Liver and bowel | 1 | - | - | - | 1‡ | - | 1 (0) | - |
| Suspected IAI | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 (0) | - |
| Free abdominal fluid without obvious solid organ injury | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 (7) |
IAI = intra-abdominal injury; NOM = nonoperative management.
*
Spleen injury grade only.
†
Spleen and liver injury grades for two different patients, respectively.
‡
Liver injury grade only.