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Table 3 Mortality by operative management (caval ligation versus simple repair)

From: GCS as a predictor of mortality in patients with traumatic inferior vena cava injuries: a retrospective review of 16 cases

Operative management

Number of patients

Number of deaths

ISS +

Mortality rate*

IVC ligation

6 (37.5%)

5

59 +/- 10.1

83.3%

Simple repair

10 (62.5%)

1

29.5 +/- 1.2

16.6%

  1. +P value = 0.002, Student’s T-test.
  2. *P value = 0.008, Fischer’s exact test.
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World Journal of Emergency Surgery

ISSN: 1749-7922