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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 2.
Published in final edited form as: World J Surg. 2017 Nov;41(11):2681–2688. doi: 10.1007/s00268-017-4083-7

Table 2.

Injured abdominal organs in patients with SI-ASW and non-SI-ASW

Total 9531 (100%) SI-ASW 1718 (100%) Non-SI-ASW 7813 (100%) p value
Penetrating abdominal stab wounds 7501 (78.7) 1342 (78.1) 6159 (78.8) 0.5116
Liver with gallbladder 1364 (18.2) 185 (13.9) 1179 (19.1) <0.0001
Jejunum/Ileum 876 (11.7) 145 (10.8) 731 (11.8) 0.2225
Colon 618 (8.2) 85 (6.3) 533 (8.7) 0.0040
Spleen 458 (6.1) 16 (1.2) 442 (7.2) <0.0001
Stomach 452 (6.0) 79 (5.9) 373 (6.1) 0.7401
Abdominal vascular injuries 436 (5.8) 79 (5.9) 357 (6.0) 0.9754
Retroperitoneum 413 (5.5) 42 (3.2) 371 (6.0) <0.0001
Mesentery 392 (5.2) 77 (5.7) 315 (5.1) 0.4066
Kidney, adrenal, ureter 359 (4.8) 10 (0.7) 349 (5.7) <0.0001
Urethra, bladder 359 (4.8) 10 (0.7) 349 (5.7) <0.0001
Omentum 234 (3.1) 61 (4.5) 173 (2.8) 0.0013
Pancreas 114 (1.5) 20 (1.4) 94 (1.5) 0.8846
Testes, penis, scrotum 105 (1.4) 46 (3.4) 59 (0.9) <0.0001
Duodenum 97 (1.3) 22 (1.4) 75 (1.2) 0.2349
Perineum, rectum, anus 91 (1.2) 18 (1.3) 73 (1.2) 0.6689
Urethra and Bladder 50 (0.7) 12 (0.9) 38 (0.6) 0.2740
Fallopian tube, ovaries, uterus vagina, vulva 22 (0.3) 4 (0.3) 18 (0.3) 0.9885

Please note that data regarding peritoneal violation and organ injury were available in 9531 patients (SI-ASW, n = 1718; non-SI-ASW, n = 7813)

SI-ASW self-inflicted abdominal stab wounds