More Becomes Less: Management Strategy Has Definitely Changed over the Past Decade of Splenic Injury—A Nationwide Population-Based Study

Table 1

Basic demographic characteristics and outcomes of blunt spleen injury in patients with and without mortality (1997–2008).

Demographic characteristic, outcome	Total, 578 (100%)	Mortality, 29 (5%)	Survival, 549 (95%)
Age (yrs; mean ± SD)	36.66 ± 19.40	36.36 ± 19.11	42.38 ± 23.87	0.052
Male (%)	73.2	72.4	73.2	0.928
Injury Severity Score >16 (%)	19.0	20.7	18.9	0.815
Blood transfusion (unit; mean ± SD)	8.41 ± 15.51	27.17 ± 29.14	7.42 ± 13.79	<0.001
Surgical intervention (%)	44.6	79.3	54.1	0.008
Intensive care unit length of stay (days; mean ± SD)	4.47 ± 14.04	5.62 ± 10.29	4.41 ± 14.22	0.309
In-hospital length of stay (days; mean ± SD)	11.20 ± 9.49	4.45 ± 9.73	11.56 ± 9.34	<0.001
Other coexisting injuries (; mean ± SD)	3.06 ± 1.43	3.72 ± 1.28	3.03 ± 1.43	0.011
CT obtained (%)	46.5	31.0	47.4	0.086
Traffic accident (%)	32.5	31.0	32.6	0.860