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Table 5 Analyses of surgical operation in study cohort

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

Operation type

Injured by shape-stable bullets n = 69

Injured by hollow-point bullets n = 43

Laparoscopic colon wound primary repair, n = 

2 (3.0%)

0

Colon wound primary repair, n = 

3 (4.3%)

0

Colon wound primary repair + colostomy, n = 

0

1 (2.3%)

Colon wound primary repair + small intestine resection, n = 

21 (30.4%)

9 (20.9%)

Colon wound primary repair + colostomy + ureter wound primary repair and ureter stenting, n = 

0

2 (4.6%)

Colon wound primary repair + cholecystectomy, n = 

3 (4.3%)

0

Colon wound primary repair, transversostomy + stomach wound primary repair, n = 

4 (5.8%)

2 (4.6%)

Colon wound primary repair + splenectomy, n = 

2 (3.0%)

2 (4.6%)

Colon wound primary repair + liver wound primary repair + colostomy, n = 

3 (4.3%)

2 (4.6%)

Colon wound primary repair + colostomy + pancreatic wound primary repair, n = 

2 (3.0%)

0

Extraperitonization, n = 

2 (3.0%)

0

Right hemicolectomy, n = 

2 (3.0%)

2 (4.6%)

Right hemicolectomy + ileostomy, n = 

0

1 (2.3%)

Right hemicolectomy + right nephrectomy, n = 

2 (3.0%)

5 (11.6%)

Right hemicolectomy + liver wound primary repair, n = 

14 (20.0%)

5 (11.6%)

Left hemicolectomy, n = 

1 (1.4%)

0

Left hemicolectomy + left nephrectomy, n = 

3 (4.3%)

8 (18.6%)

Hartmann’s operation, n = 

1 (1.4%)

2 (4.6%)

Hartmann’s operation + bladder wound primary repair, n = 

4 (5.8%)

2 (4.6%)