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Table 3 Operative and non-operative management of 110 patients with 147 abdominal injuries in AIS grade

From: Abdominal injuries in a low trauma volume hospital - a descriptive study from northern Sweden

AIS grade

NOM

NOM-F

OM

Total

≤2/≥3

≤2/≥3

≤2/≥3

≤2/≥3

Solid organ injury (n = 115)

Kidney (n = 39)

22/17

0

0

22/17

Liver (n = 34)

21/10

0/1

0/2

21/13

Spleen (n = 31)

15/11

1/2

0/2

16/15

Adrenal gland (n = 9)

8/1

0

0

8/1

Pancreas (n = 2)

1/0

0/1

0/0

1/1

Hollow viscus injury (n = 17)

Small intestine (n = 9)

0

1/3

1/4

2/7

Colon (n = 5)

0

1/1

1/2

2/3

Bladder (n = 2)

0

0

0/2

0/2

Rectum (n = 1)

0

0

0/1

0/1

Other injury (n = 15)

Abdominal wall (n = 7)

3/0

0

4/0

7/0

Diaphragm (n = 1)

0

0

0/1

0/1

Abdominal vessel (n = 7)

0

0

2/5

2/5

All injuries (n = 147)

Total

70/39

3/8

8/19

81/66

  1. Legends: Time to surgery denotes time in hours from arrival at the emergency room to beginning of surgical procedure. AIS = Abbreviated Injury Scale.