Case Report

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].

PatientGrade of injury due to AAST-OIS classification of pancreatic trauma [8]
At presentationPrelaparotomy/CT scanIntraoperatively

1Missed injuryGrade II/ductal injury presumedGrade III
2Grade IIGrade II/deterioration to grade IIIGrade III
3Grade IDuctal injury presumed due to acute abdomen symptoms, no CT scan, emergency laparotomyGrade IV