Table 3:
Operative findings and outcomes | All patients (n=176) |
CT missed bowel injury (n=36) |
No missed bowel injury (n=140) |
p |
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Operative approach | ||||
Laparotomy | 163 (93%) | 29 (81%) | 134 (96%) | 0.006 |
Laparoscopy | 3 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (2%) | >0.999 |
Laparoscopy converted to laparotomy | 10 (6%) | 7 (19%) | 3 (2%) | 0.001 |
Days from admission to surgery | 0 [0–1] | 0 [0–1] | 0 [0–1] | 0.339 |
Identified adhesive disease | 18 (10%) | 10 (28%) | 8 (6%) | 0.001 |
Identified solid organ injury | 104 (59%) | 14 (39%) | 90 (64%) | 0.008 |
Missed on CT scan | 6 (3%) | 2 (6%) | 4 (3%) | 0.604 |
Identified mesenteric injury | 60 (34%) | 22 (61%) | 38 (27%) | <0.001 |
Missed on CT scan | 24 (14%) | 12 (33%) | 12 (9%) | <0.001 |
Identified bowel injury | 50 (28%) | 36 (100%) | 14 (10%) | <0.001 |
Partial thickness | 23 (13%) | 18 (50%) | 5 (4%) | <0.001 |
Full thickness | 27 (15%) | 18 (50%) | 9 (6%) | <0.001 |
Bowel resection or repair | 53 (30%) | 35 (97%) | 18 (13%) | <0.001 |
Non-therapeutic laparotomy | 12 (7%) | 0 (0%) | 12 (9%) | 0.130 |
Hospital length of stay (days) | 10 [5–22] | 13 [8–27] | 9 [5–20] | 0.029 |
Inpatient mortality | 23 (13%) | 3 (8%) | 20 (14%) | 0.419 |
Data are presented as n (%) or median [interquartile range].