Table 3. Significant injuries and procedures.
| Significantly injured organs/Procedures | Laparotomy (n = 131) |
Laparoscopy (n = 112) |
|---|---|---|
| Mesentery and omentum | 11 | 16 |
| Ligation of bleeder and repair | 4 | 10 |
| Bowel resection and anastomosis | 7 | 6 |
| Stomach | 3 | 2 |
| Primary closure of stomach | 3 | 2 |
| Duodenum | 2 | 0 |
| Primary closure of duodenum | 2 | |
| Small bowel | 16 | 28 |
| Primary closure of small bowel | 9 | 15 |
| Bowel resection and anastomosis | 7 | 13 |
| Colon and rectum | 13 | 9 |
| Primary closure of colon | 4 | 1 |
| Repair or resection and ostomy | 9 | 8 |
| Liver | 38 | 25 |
| Hepatorrhaphy | 30 | 22 |
| Hepatectomy | 8 | 3 |
| Gall bladder | 5 | 2 |
| Cholecystectomy | 5 | 2 |
| Pancreas | 9 | 6 |
| Hemostasis and drainage | 4 | 4 |
| Distal pancreatectomy | 5 | 2 |
| Spleen | 53 | 42 |
| Splenorrhaphy | 4 | 36 |
| Splenectomy | 49 | 6 |
| Kidney | 5 | 0 |
| Nephrectomy | 4 | |
| Nephrorrhaphy | 1 | |
| Ovary | 0 | 1 |
| Oophorectomy | 1 | |
| Urinary bladder | 5 | 7 |
| Primary closure of urinary bladder | 5 | 7 |
| Diaphragm | 5 | 3 |
| Repair of diaphragm | 5 | 3 |
| Miscellaneous | 3 | 4 |
| Repair of traumatic abdominal wall hernia | 3 | 4 |