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Table 2 Patient outcomes

From: The World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) spleen trauma classification: a useful tool in the management of splenic trauma

Variable

N = 124 Mean ± SD

Median (range)

NOM

66 (53.2%)

OM

58 (46.0%)

 -Splenectomy

49 (84.5%)

 -Packing/hemostasis

9 (15.5%)

Splenic preservation rate

67 (54.0%)

AE

22 (17.8%)

 -Proximal

8 (36.4%)

 -Distal

11 (50.0%)

 -Distal + proximal

2 (9.1%)

 -N.A.

1 (4.5%)

Time between arrival at the ED and the first therapeutic procedure (min)

207.65 ± 295.76

145.00

(15.00–1920.00)

Length of ICU stay (days)

9.76 ± 14.94

5.00

(0.00–87.00)

Total length of stay (days)

20.01 ± 18.21

14.00

(0.50–90.00)

fNOM (N = 63)

8 (12.7%)

Complications

47 (41.2%)

Global mortality

13 (10.5%)

Specific mortality

0 (0.0%)

  1. NOM non-operative management, OM operative management, N.A. not available, fNOM failure of non-operative management, ICU intensive care unit