Peritoneal Breach as an Indication for Exploratory Laparotomy in Penetrating Abdominal Stab Injury: Operative Findings in Haemodynamically Stable Patients

Table 2

Characteristics of operative group of patients.

	Nonperitoneal-breaching injury	Peritoneal breach ()
		Organ injury	No organ injury
	(22.9%)^1	(44.9%)	(32.2%)
Laparoscopy only + converted	10	9	17
Laparotomy	5	44	21
CT, (%)	17 (63.0)	33 (62.3)	25 (65.8)
FAST scan, (%)	25 (92.6)	48 (90.6)	35 (92.1)
SBP^2, median ± SD
HR^3, median ± SD
Hospital LOS^4 days, median ± SD

Diagnosed either by laparoscopy (), laparotomy (), or LWE (in theatre) ().
²Systolic blood pressure.
³Heart rate.
⁴Length of stay.