Table 2.

Injury and Operative Data (Institutional)

	Combined (N = 393)	Laparotomy (N = 305)	Laparoscopy (N = 64)	Conversion (N = 24)	Binary p-value**	Overall p-value
CT performed pre-op
No	75 (19%)	61 (20%)	14 (22%)	0 (0%)	0.735	0.046
Yes	318 (81%)	244 (80%)	50 (78%)	24 (100%)
Indication*
Intra-abdominal free fluid (imaging)	176 (45%)	137 (45%)	28 (44%)	11 (46%)	0.864	0.980
Intra-abdominal free air (imaging)	67 (17%)	50 (16%)	11 (17%)	6 (25%)	0.876	0.558
Intra-abdominal injury (imaging)	175 (45%)	141 (46%)	24 (38%)	10 (42%)	0.202	0.424
Concern for intra-abdominal injury	84 (21%)	68 (22%)	12 (19%)	4 (17%)	0.531	0.693
Other	5 (1%)	3 (1%)	2 (3%)	0 (0%)	0.178	0.323
Procedures performed*
Small bowel repair	135 (34%)	111 (36%)	8 (13%)	16 (67%)	<0.001	< 0.001
Large bowel repair	93 (24%)	76 (25%)	9 (14%)	8 (33%)	0.061	0.092
Splenorrhaphy/splenectomy	69 (18%)	68 (22%)	1 (2%)	0 (0%)	<0.001	< 0.001
Chest tube	37 (9%)	36 (12%)	0 (0%)	1 (4%)	0.004	0.009
Hepatorrhaphy	36 (9%)	36 (12%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0.004	0.003
Gastrorrhaphy	29 (7%)	25 (8%)	3 (5%)	1 (4%)	0.335	0.512
Vascular repair	27 (7%)	26 (9%)	1 (2%)	0 (0%)	0.052	0.053
Partial pancreatectomy	22 (6%)	21 (7%)	1 (2%)	0 (0%)	0.102	0.114
Mesenteric repair	20 (5%)	15 (5%)	2 (3%)	3 (13%)	0.534	0.196
Diaphragmatic repair	20 (5%)	17 (6%)	3 (5%)	0 (0%)	0.776	0.483
Kidney repair/nephrectomy	14 (4%)	14 (5%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0.081	0.123
Bladder repair	14 (4%)	12 (4%)	2 (3%)	0 (0%)	0.758	0.593
Cholecystectomy	6 (2%)	6 (2%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0.258	0.415
Appendectomy	5 (1%)	5 (2%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0.302	0.482
Salpingo/oophorectomy	1 (0%)	1 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0.646	0.865
Other	126 (32%)	96 (31%)	25 (39%)	5 (21%)	0.240	0.237
Indication for conversion
Injury repair	--	--	--	15 (63%)	--	--
Inadequate visualization	--	--	--	8 (33%)
Both	--	--	--	1 (4%)

^*Some patients had multiple indications or procedures performed

^**Binary p-value compares laparotomy vs. laparoscopy