Table 2.

Comparison of baseline and follow-up characteristics between patients treated by total splenectomy and patients treated by spleen preserving therapy

Characteristics	Total splenectomy N=27	Spleen preserving therapy N=66	P-value
Gender (male/female)	19/8	48/18	NS
Splenic AIS	4 (4–5)	3 (3–4)	<0.05
Number of patients with AIS score spleen ≤3	13 (48%)	44 (67%)	NS
Number of patients with AIS score spleen 4	11 (41%)	20 (30%)	NS
Number of patients with AIS score spleen 5	3 (11%)	2 (3%)	NS
ISS	25 (16–34)	16 (9–21)	<0.05
Intensive care unit stay (days)	5 (0–14)	2 (1–3)	NS
Length of hospital stay (days)	19 (8–30)	10 (8–15)	<0.05
Age at trauma (years)	17 (16–18)	12 (7–16)	<0.05
Age at follow-up (years)	28 (23–43)	20 (14–26)	<0.05
Patient years per patient	13 (8–24)	6 (4–14)	<0.05
Total patient years of all responders	438	678	<0.05

Note: All variables are shown in number (%) or median (25%–75%).

Abbreviations: AIS, Abbreviated Injury Score; ISS, Injury Severity Score; NS, not significant.