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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg. 2018 Nov 28;218(2):266–270. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.11.018

Table 2:

Summary of abdominal and pelvic computed tomography (CT) scan findings.

CT findings All patients
(n=176)
CT missed bowel injury
(n=36)
No missed bowel injury
(n=140)
p
Normal CT scan 4 (2%) 2 (6%) 2 (1%) 0.186
Solid organ injury 106 (60%) 16 (44%) 90 (64%) 0.036
Bleeding pseudoaneurysm 29 (16%) 2 (6%) 27 (19%) 0.074
Free fluid 131 (74%) 24 (67%) 107 (76%) 0.284
Without solid organ injury 51 (29%) 16 (44%) 35 (25%) 0.038
Bowel injury 26 (15%) 0 (0%) 26 (19%) 0.003
Pelvic fracture 47 (27%) 8 (22%) 39 (28%) 0.673
Bladder injury 9 (5%) 1 (3%) 8 (6%) 0.684
Intraperitoneal 6 (3%) 1 (3%) 5 (4%) >0.999
Extraperitoneal 3 (2%) 0 (0%) 3 (2%) >0.999
Mesenteric stranding 29 (16%) 9 (25%) 20 (14%) 0.135
Mesenteric hematoma 28 (16%) 7 (19%) 21 (15%) 0.609

Data are presented as n (%).