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Table 2 Analysis of Surgical Variables in Patients with Blunt Small Bowel/Mesenteric Injury with/without EPSBO.

From: Factors associated with enteral nutrition tolerance after trauma laparotomy of the small bowel and mesenteric injuries by blunt trauma

 

non-EPSBO

EPSBO

p

(N = 190)

(N = 67)

Previous abdomen operation history

   

No

157 (82.6)

60 (89.6)

0.179

Yes

33 (17.4)

7 (10.4)

 

Operation time(minutes)

115 [94; 145]

115 [94; 140]

 

<180

167 (87.9)

58 (86.6)

0.777

>=180

23 (12.1)

9 (13.4)

 

Injury site

   

Small bowel

56 (29.5)

32 (47.8)

0.010

Mesentery

54 (28.4)

19 (28.3)

 

Small bowel and mesentery

80 (42.1)

16 (23.9)

 

Small bowel segmental resection

100 (52.6)

28 (41.8)

0.127

Small bowel primary repair

59 (31.0)

16 (23.9)

0.267

Small bowel serosal repair

4 (2.1)

4 (6.0)

0.211

Mesentery suture repair

46 (24.2)

20 (29.9)

0.364

Damage control surgery

17 (9.0)

10 (14.9)

0.170

Small bowel anastomosis and suture sites

   

0

30 (15.8)

17 (25.4)

0.218

1

132 (69.5)

41 (61.2)

 

> 2

28 (14.7)

9 (13.4)

 

Anti-adhesive use

102 (53.7)

31 (46.3)

0.296

  1. Categorical variables are expressed as numbers (%), and continuous variables are presented as medians [first and third quartiles]
  2. EPSBO, early postoperative small bowel obstruction