Blunt Isolated Small Bowel Perforation Intervention: Does a Delay in Management Matter?
Table 2
Summary of the comparison of the outcomes divided into 3 groups: ≤8 h, 8–24 h, and >24 h.
All patients, n (%) (n = 52)
Time to operative intervention group
value
≤8 h (n = 33)
<8 h to ≤24 h (n = 13)
>24 h (n = 6)
Bowel resection
31 (60)
22 (67)
4 (31)
5 (83)
0.037
LOS (days), median (IQR, 25–75)
24 (17–36)
24 (18–35)
21 (10–40)
28 (20–98)
0.321
ICU LOS (days), median (IQR, 25–75)
4 (1–12)
2 (1–12)
4 (2–26)
11 (7–14)
0.153
Mortality
3 (6)
1 (3)
2 (15)
0 (0)
0.219
Morbidity1
23 (44)
15 (46)
5 (39)
3 (50)
0.871
Wound complication2
16 (31)
9 (27)
4 (31)
3 (50)
0.540
Intra-abdominal complication3
9 (17)
6 (18)
2 (15)
1 (17)
0.974
Lung complication4
12 (23)
6 (18)
4 (31)
2 (33)
0.539
Catheter-associated complication
4 (8)
3 (9)
0 (0)
1 (17)
0.396
Acute kidney injury
2 (4)
1 (3)
1 (8)
0 (0)
0.664
SD standard deviation; LOS length of hospital stay; ICU intensive care unit. 1The sum of the percentages does not equal 100% because of multiple responses. 2Wound complication includes wound infection and evisceration. 3Intra-abdominal complication includes intra-abdominal abscess, leakage, enterocutaneous fistula, and intestinal obstruction. 4Lung complication includes pneumonia and ARDS.
