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Table 3 Analysis of Injury Sites in Patients with Blunt Small Bowel/Mesenteric Injury with/without Early Postoperative Small Bowel Obstruction (EPSBO)

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

Injury sites

Small bowel

(n = 96)

Mesentery

(n = 89)

Small bowel and mesentery(n = 73)

p

Small bowel OIS

   

< 0.001

<1

0 ( 0.0%)

89 (100.0%)

1 ( 1.4%)

 

2

4 ( 4.2%)

0 ( 0.0%)

5 ( 6.8%)

 

3

73 (76.0%)

0 ( 0.0%)

55 (75.3%)

 

4

19 (19.8%)

0 ( 0.0%)

12 (16.4%)

 

Mesentery OIS

 

< 0.001

<1

96 (100.0%)

0 ( 0.0%)

0 ( 0.0%)

2

0 ( 0.0%)

25 (28.1%)

26 (35.6%)

3

0 ( 0.0%)

31 (34.8%)

23 (31.5%)

4

0 ( 0.0%)

33 (37.1%)

24 (32.9%)

ISS

15.4 ± 7.2

16.9 ± 8.2

15.6 ± 7.4

0.736

EPSBO

80 (83.3%)

57 (64.0%)

54 (74.0%)

0.011

Non-EPSBO

16 (16.7%)

32 (36.0%)

19 (26.0%)

 
  1. Categorical variables are expressed as numbers (%)
  2. OIS, Organ Injury Scale; ISS, injury severity score; EPSBO, early postoperative small bowel obstruction