Blunt Pancreatic Injury in Major Trauma: Decision-Making between Nonoperative and Operative Treatment
Table 2
Comparison of grade of injury due to American Association of the Surgery of Trauma classification of pancreatic trauma-Organ Injury Scale (AAST-OIS) [8].
Patient
Grade of injury due to AAST-OIS classification of pancreatic trauma [8]
At presentation
Prelaparotomy/CT scan
Intraoperatively
1
Missed injury
Grade II/ductal injury presumed
Grade III
2
Grade II
Grade II/deterioration to grade III
Grade III
3
Grade I
Ductal injury presumed due to acute abdomen symptoms, no CT scan, emergency laparotomy