Table 4.

Comparison of suture line failure across series evaluating delayed anastomosis after abbreviated laparotomy

	n	Suture line failure (%)
Miller et al 59	11	0
Weinberg et al 60	33	12.1
Kashuk et al 61	29	16
Ott et al 62	44	27.3
Vertrees et al 63	10	10
Ordonez et al 64	27	7.4
Georgoff et al 65	28	21
Burlew et al 66	60	20
Sharpe et al 67	42	16.7
No algorithm	19	32
Algorithm	23	4