Injury patterns and causes of death in 953 patients with penetrating abdominal war wounds in a civilian independent non-governmental organization hospital in Lashkargah, Afghanistan

Table 8 Association between site of injury and death

Site of injury	Patients wounded		Alive		Died		χ²	P
Site of injury	N	%	N	%	N	%	χ²	P
Small bowel	441	46.3	383	86.9	58	13.1	0.090	0.764
Left colon	148	15.5	131	88.5	17	11.5	0.271	0.602
Right colon	142	14.9	110	77.5	32	22.5	14.273	< 0.001*
Right liver	140	14.7	116	82.8	24	17.2	2.751	0.097
Stomach	104	10.9	89	85.5	15	14.5	0.275	0.600
Transverse colon	79	8.3	58	73.4	21	26.6	14.654	< 0.001*
Right diaphragm	56	5.9	43	76.8	13	23.2	5.779	0.016*
Spleen	55	5.8	45	81.8	10	18.2	1.514	0.219
Rectum	55	5.8	45	81.8	10	18.2	1.514	0.219
Left diaphragm	44	4.6	39	88.6	5	11.4	0.085	0.770
Right kidney	39	4.1	30	76.9	9	23.1	3.846	0.050*
Bladder	37	3.9	28	75.7	9	24.3	4.579	0.032*
Duodenum	34	3.6	23	67.6	11	32.4	12.047	0.001*
Left kidney	26	2.7	23	88.5	3	11.5	0.038	0.845
Gallbladder	20	2.1	16	80	4	20	0.948	0.330
Left liver	20	2.1	15	75	5	25	2.723	0.099
Inferior vena cava	17	1.8	8	47	9	53	24.982	< 0.001*
Iliac vein	14	1.5	11	78.5	3	21.5	0.947	0.330
Iliac artery	12	1.3	8	66.6	4	33.4	4.589	0.035*
Pancreas	10	1	6	60	4	40	6.697	0.010*
Left ureter	9	0.9	7	77.7	2	22.3	0.722	0.395
Retroperitoneal hematoma	8	0.8	6	75	2	25	1.075	0.300
Aorta	6	0.6	5	83.3	1	16.7	0.081	0.776
Right ureter	5	0.5	4	80	1	20	0.233	0.629
Portal vein	5	0.5	2	40	3	60	10.031	0.002*
Uterus	2	0.2	2	100	–	–	0.294	0.588
Heart	2	0.2	1	50	1	50	2.484	0.115
Vagina	1	0.1	1	100	–	–	0.147	0.701
Ovary	1	0.1	1	100	–	–	0.147	0.701
Mesenteric artery	1	0.1	–	–	1	100	6.819	0.009*

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