A Descriptive Study on the Usage of Exploratory Laparotomy for Trauma Patients

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Table 1 Frequency of Trauma Mechanism in Positive Laparotomy Subjects

The Trauma Mechanism	Frequency	Frequency Relative to Percent
Blunt trauma due to accident	31	50.81
Blunt trauma due to conflict	4	6.6
Penetrating trauma with a sharp object	12	19.7
Penetrating trauma with a firearm	14	23
Total	61	100

Table 2 Frequency of Damaged Organs in Positive Laparotomies Based on Trauma Mechanism

The Trauma Mechanism	Blunt Trauma Due to Accident		Blunt Trauma Due to Conflict			Total			Penetrating Trauma with a Sharp Object		Penetrating Trauma with a Firearm			Total
Damaged organs	Frequency	Frequency Relative to Percent	Frequency		Frequency Relative to Percent	Frequency	Frequency Relative to Percent		Frequency	Frequency Relative to Percent	Frequency		Frequency Relative to Percent	Frequency	Frequency relative to Percent
Liver	4	12.9	1		25	5	14.2		0	0	2		14.2	2	7.6
Spleen	12	38.7	0		0	12	34.2		0	0	0		0	0	0
Small intestine	2	6.4	2		50	4	11.4		5	41.6	1		7.1	6	23
Colon	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	2		14.2	2	7.6
Kidneys	1	3.2	0		0	1	2.8		0	0	0		0	0	0
Other organs	4	12.9	0		0	4	11.4		3	25	6		42.8	9	34.6
Liver and associated organs	4	12.9	1		25	5	14.2		3	25	1		7.1	4	15.4
Spleen and associated organs	4	12.9	0		0	4	11.4		1	8.3	2		14.2	3	11.5

Table 3 Frequency of Damaged Organs in Gender-based Positive Laparotomies

Gender Damaged Organs	Gender
	Female		Male
	Frequency	Frequency Relative to Percent	Frequency	Frequency Relative to Percent
Liver	1	12.5	6	11.3
Spleen	3	37.5	9	17
Small intestine	0	0	10	18.9
Colon	1	12.5	1	1.9
Kidneys	0	0	1	1.9
Other organs	1	12.5	12	22.6
Liver and associated organs	1	12.5	8	15.1
Spleen and associated organs	1	12.5	6	11.3
Total	8	100	53	100

Table 4 Frequency of Damaged Organs in Age-based Positive Laparotomies

Age Damaged Organs	≥15 years		15–30 years		31–45 years		≤45		Total
	Frequency	Frequency Relative to Percent	Frequency	Frequency Relative to Percent	Frequency	Frequency Relative to Percent	Frequency	Frequency Relative to Percent	Frequency	Frequency Relative to Percent
Liver	1	14.3	5	16.3	1	8.3	0	0	7	11.5
Spleen	4	57.1	3	9.7	3	25	2	18.2	12	19.7
Small intestine	0	0	5	16.3	0	0	5	45.4	10	16.4
Colon	0	0	1	3.2	1	8.3	0	0	2	3.3
Kidneys	0	0	1	3.2	0	0	0	0	1	1.6
Other organs	0	0	6	19.3	5	41.6	2	18.2	13	21.3
Liver and associated organs	0	0	6	19.3	2	16.6	1	9.1	9	14.7
Spleen and associated organs	2	28.6	4	12.9	0	0	1	9.1	7	11.5

Table 5 Frequency of Damaged Organs in Death-based Positive Laparotomies

Age Damaged Organs	All Items	Death	Percentage Fatality
Liver	7	1	14.3
Spleen	12	2	16.7
Liver and associated organs	9	1	11
Spleen and associated organs	7	1	14.3
Total	35	5	56.3

Table 6 Frequency of Damaged Organs in Underlying Diseases-based Positive Laparotomies

Underlying Diseases Damaged Organs	Total Case	Underlying Diseases
		Frequency	Frequency Relative to Percent
Small intestine	9	1	11
Liver and associated organs	8	1	12.5
Total laparotomy cases	71	2	2.8

Table 7 Frequency of Laparotomies Patients Due to Trauma in Terms of Positive and Negative Laparotomy

Performed Laparotomies	Frequency	Frequency Relative to Percent
Positive	61	86
Negative	10	14
Total	71	100