Table 3.
Operative characteristics for patients undergoing reoperative colorectal operations without preoperative imaging compared to those with preoperative imaging (n = 90).
| Factor | Preoperative CT (n = 36) |
No preoperative CT (n = 54) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reoperation type | |||
| New anastomosis + ileostomy | 12 (33.3%) | 10 (18.5%) | 0.01 |
| New anastomosis without ileostomy | 5 (13.9%) | 4 (7.4%) | 0.14 |
| Repair of anastomosis + ileostomy | 7 (19.4%) | 13 (24.1%) | 0.42 |
| Repair of anastomosis without ileostomy | 5 (13.9%) | 12 (22.2%) | 0.13 |
| Lavage, drainage, ileostomy | 6 (16.7%) | 10 (18.5%) | 0.74 |
| Dixon's procedure | 1 (2.8%) | 5 (9.3%) | 0.05 |
| Elective operative status | 5 (13.9%) | 14 (25.9%) | 0.03 |
| Emergent operative status | 31 (86.1%) | 40 (74.1%) | 0.03 |
| Reoperation duration (min) (median, range) | 101 (53-269) | 135 (68-302) | 0.01 |
| Intraoperative blood products transfused | |||
| Packed red blood cells (units) | 2.1 ± 2.2 | 2.2 ± 2.3 | 0.77 |
| Fresh frozen plasma (units) | 1.2 ± 2.1 | 1.2 ± 1.8 | 0.51 |
| Platelets (units) | 0.4 ± 0.8 | 0.4 ± 1.0 | 0.58 |
| Cryoprecipitate (units) | 1.3 ± 0.8 | 1.4 ± 0.8 | 0.63 |
| Intraoperative bleeding (units) | 3.4 ± 2.8 | 3.8 ± 2.7 | 0.81 |