Table 3.

Intraoperative abdominal organ injury related to infectious complications

Type of injury*	Total (n=97)	No infectious complications (n=41)	Infectious complications (n=56)
No injury†	4	1	3
Solid organ injury	46	20	26
Hollow viscus injury	28	11	17
Large abdominal vessels	5	3	2
Abdominal wall/diaphragm	14	7	7

P=N.S.

*71 patients had 97 intra-abdominal injuries.

†All four patients without intra-abdominal injuries had pelvic packing for a pelvic fracture associated retroperitoneal hematoma.