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Table 4 Surgical procedures in 28 patients with 35 abdominal injuries in time intervals and AIS grade

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

Time to surgery (hours)

<1

1-3

4-6

7-12

13-24

25-48

>48

Total

AIS grade

≤2/≥3

≤2/≥3

≤2/≥3

≤2/≥3

≤2/≥3

≤2/≥3

≤2/≥3

≤2/≥3

Vascular repair

1/1

      

1/1

Splenectomy

 

0/2

 

1/0

0/1

 

0/1

1/4

Liver packing*

0/1

 

0/1

0/1

   

0/3

Distal pancreatectomy

   

0/1

   

0/1

Bowel repair/resection

0/3

0/3

 

0/1

0/2

1/1

1/0

2/10

Enterostomy

 

0/2

  

1/0

0/1

1/0

2/3

Bladder repair

 

0/1

0/1

    

0/2

Diaphragm repair

0/1

      

0/1

Abdominal wall repair#

 

1/0

1/0

 

1/0

 

1/0

4/0

TOTAL

7

9

3

4

5

3

4

35

  1. Legends: Time to surgery denotes time in hours from arrival at the emergency room to beginning of surgical procedure. AIS = Abbreviated Injury Scale. *Liver packing as part of damage control surgery. # Two patients underwent abdominal wall repair without laparotomy.