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Table 3 Comparison of Intra-abdominal Injury Abdominal Stab Wound Patients with or without Other Area Involvement

From: Frequency of intra-abdominal organ injury is higher in patients with concomitant stab wounds to other anatomical areas

Organ

Abdominal and other area (n = 2093)

Abdominal only (n = 1871)

p Value

Vascular

73 (3.5%)

80 (4.3%)

0.2

Liver

276 (13.2%)

158 (8.4%)

< 0.0001

Kidney

117 (5.6%)

68 (3.6%)

0.004

Spleen

171 (8.2%)

36 (1.9%)

< 0.001

Stomach

92 (4.4%)

77 (4.1%)

0.66

Pancreas

16 (0.8%)

24 (1.3%)

0.103

Small bowel

213 (10.1%)

516 (27.5%)

< 0.001

Colon/rectum

97 (4.6%)

109 (5.8%)

0.09