Management of the injured bowel: preserving bowel continuity as a gold standard

BMC Surgery

Table 4 Univariate analyses for abdominal complications and severe morbidity

	Abdominal complications	No abdominal complications	p	Severe morbidity (Clavien–Dindo 3–5)	No to mild morbidity	p
Male	35	73	0.969	35	73	0.969
Female	8	17	0.969	8	17	0.969
Blunt trauma	20	33	0.278	24	29	0.009
Open trauma	23	57	0.278	19	61	0.009
Delay ≥ 6 h	10	20	0.59	10	20	0.238
Delay < 6 h	19	49	0.59	15	53	0.238
Transfusion ≥ 6 RBC units	15	11	0.002*	19	7	< 0.001
Transfusion < 6 RBC units	28	79	0.002*	24	83	< 0.001
Fecal contamination	9	11	0.189	10	10	0.067
No fecal contamination	34	79	0.189	33	80	0.067
Associated injury	34	59	0.112	38	55	0.001
No associated injury	9	31	0.112	5	35	0.001
Mesenteric injury	15	25	0.403	18	22	0.041
No mesenteric injury	28	65	0.403	25	68	0.041
Other abdominal injury	17	17	0.011	18	16	0.003
No other abdominal injury	26	73	0.011	25	74	0.003
Hemodynamic shock	17	21	0.053	24	14	< 0.001
Hemodynamic stability	26	69	0.053	19	76	< 0.001
Treatment of other abdominal/thoracic injury	22	26	0.012	24	24	0.001
No other injury treated	21	64	0.012	19	66	0.001
ISS ≥ 15	26	51	0.678	35	42	< 0.001
ISS < 15	17	39	0.678	8	48	< 0.001
Stoma	14	11	0.005	15	10	0.001*
No stoma	29	79	0.005	28	80	0.001*
Mean age (years)	37.1	36.6	0.846	38.3	36.1	0.419
Mean delay before surgery (hours)	14	8.3	0.165	18.5	7	0.006*
Mean transfusion	10.3	5.4	< 0.001	10.1	1.7	< 0.001
(RBC units)	10.3	5.4	< 0.001	10.1	1.7	< 0.001
Mean vascular expansion (mL)	3523	2664	0.008*	7088	4552	0.002*
Mean duration of surgery (hours)	3.15	2.65	0.175	3.5	2.5	0.008
Mean ISS	19.9	18.7	0.571	23.8	16.9	< 0.001
Mean NISS	28.9	24.9	0.109	32.7	23	< 0.001
Mean abdominal AIS	3.44	3.29	0.143	3.58	3.22	< 0.001

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