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Table 3 Analyses of colon injury by localizations and number of gunshot defects by shape-stable or hollow-point bullets

From: Gunshot injury to the colon by expanding bullets in combat patients wounded in hybrid period of the Russian-Ukrainian war during 2014–2020

Colon injury location

Grouping of patients

Injured by Shape-stable bullets n = 69

Injured by Hollow-point bullets n = 43

Number of colon defects, n = 

2

3–4

≥ 5

2

3–4

≥ 5

Cecum, n = 

0

0

0

1

1

0

Ascending colon, n = 

3

0

0

5

4

0

Hepatic flexure, n = 

2

0

0

3

1

0

Transverse colon, n = 

1

0

0

2

4

1

Splenic flexure, n = 

3

0

0

0

1

0

Descending colon, n = 

4

0

0

7

3

2

Sigmoid colon, n = 

9

0

0

3

4

1

Total

22* (31.8%)

0

0

21 (48.8%)

18 (41.8%)**

4 (9.3%)***

  1. p-value: *0.0488, **0.0001, ***0.0199