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

Table 2

Basic characteristics and outcomes of the blunt spleen injury, stratified according to their respective study years ().

Characteristic, outcome	1997–2000	2001–2004	2005–2008
	186	199	193
Age (yrs; mean ± SD)	34.44 ± 19.23	37.91 ± 19.28	37.51 ± 19.59	0.143
Male (%)	76.8	71.9	71.0	0.396
Injury Severity Score >16 (%)	10.2	22.6	23.8	0.001
Blood transfusion (unit; mean ± SD)	6.59 ± 8.53	9.44 ± 18.50	9.11 ± 17.17	0.665
Surgical intervention (%)	66.1	53.3	47.2	0.001
Intensive care unit length of stay (days; mean ± SD)	2.31 ± 3.03	6.41 ± 21.82	4.55 ± 9.17	0.001
In-hospital length of stay (days; mean ± SD)	10.94 ± 8.51	11.74 ± 10.24	10.91 ± 9.60	0.668
Other coexisting injuries (; mean ± SD)	2.95 ± 1.46	2.88 ± 1.45	3.36 ± 1.34	0.002
CT obtained (%)	40.3	46.7	52.3	0.064
Traffic accident (%)	25.8	28.1	43.5	<0.001
Medical fees	89007 ± 91498	105922 ± 129534	123314 ± 202402	0.320
Mortality (%)	5.4	1.5	8.3	0.009