Skip to main content

Table 3 Factors affecting morbidity and mortality following colorectal injury

From: Factors affecting morbidity and mortality in traumatic colorectal injuries and reliability and validity of trauma scoring systems

 

Morbidity

Mortality

Yes (n = 62)

No (n = 132)

P value

Yes (n = 24)

No (n = 170)

P value

Age, mean ± SD

28.3 ± 11.5

29.5 ± 12.7

0.54

30.5 ± 14.2

28.9 ± 12.1

0.57

Gender (male), n (%)

52 (83.8%)

120 (90.9%)

0.15

18 (75%)

154 (90.5%)

0.03

Treatment, n (%)

      

 Primary repair

35 (56.5%)

105 (79.5%)

0.001

8 (33.3%)

132 (77.6%)

<0.001

 Stoma procedure

27 (43.5%)

27 (20.4%)

16 (66.7%)

38 (22.4%)

Flint injury scale, n (%)

      

 Grade 1 and 2

17 (27.4%)

86 (65.2%)

<0.001

3 (12.5%)

100 (58.8%)

<0.001

 Grade 3

45 (72.6%)

46 (34.8%)

21 (87.5%)

70 (41.2%)

TSI, n (%)

      

 <8 hours

47 (75.8%)

128 (97%)

<0.001

19 (79.2%)

156 (91.8%)

0.07

 >8 hours

15 (24.2%)

4 (3%)

5 (20.8%)

14 (8.2%)

ISS

35.4 ± 14.5

27.5 ± 13.1

<0.001

51.7 ± 8.6

27 ± 11.8

< 0,001

RTS

6.86 ± 1.6

7.36 ± 1.1

0.03

4.84 ± 2

7.53 ± 0.73

< 0,001

TRISS

77.2 ± 31

88.9 ± 21.1

0.008

36.6 ± 28.9

92 ± 15.4

< 0,001

Additional organ injuries, n (%)

      

 None

11 (17.7%)

32 (24.2%)

0.07

1 (4.2%)

42 (24.7%)

0.02

 1 organ

28 (45.2%)

65 (49.2%)

11 (45.8%)

82 (48.2%)

 2 or more organs

23 (37.1%)

35 (26.5%)

12 (50%)

46 (27.1%)

Region, n (%)

     

0.8

 Caecum

5 (8%)

7 (5.3%)

0.36

0

12 (7%)

 Right colon

8 (13%)

14 (10.6%)

4 (16.6%)

18 (10.6%)

 Transverse colon

18 (29%)

50 (37.9%)

0.36

9 (37.5%)

59 (34.7%)

 Left colon

12 (19.4%)

15 (11.3%)

4 (16.6%)

23 (13.5%)

 Sigmoid colon

9 (14.5%)

32 (24.2%)

5 (20.8%)

36 (21.2%)

 Intraperitoneal rectum

3 (4.8%)

5 (3.9%)

1 (4.2%)

7 (4.1%)

 Extraperitonral rectum

7 (11.3%)

9 (6.8%)

1 (4.2%)

15 (8.9%)

Group, n (%)

      

 Penetrating

53 (85.5%)

126 (95.6%)

0.02

19 (79.2%)

160 (94.1%)

0.02

 Blunt

9 (14.5%)

6 (4.5%)

5 (20.8%)

10 (5.9%)

  1. TSI trauma-surgery interval, ISS injury severity score, RTS revised trauma score, TRISS trauma-injury severity score