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Table 3 Description of pre-operative course including management, investigations, and interventions

From: Delayed laparoscopic peritoneal washout in non-operative management of blunt abdominal trauma: a scoping review

Pre-operative course

Total

Non-operative management

Observation

87 (85.3%)

Angiography with or without embolization

13 (12.7%)

Bowel rest

1 (1%)

Delayed presentation

1 (1%)

Investigations and interventions

Computerized axial tomography

29 (27.4%)

Ultrasonography

5 (4.7%)

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

2 (1.9%)

Hepatobiliary imiodiactic acid

2 (1.9%)

Pre-laparoscopic transfusion

Mean ± SD

4.1 ± 3.1

(Minimum, maximum)

1–11.67