Table 1

 Immediate laparotomies.

Patient no.Diagnostic criteria for operationInjured organsPATIMorbidity and mortality
PATI, Penetrating Abdominal Trauma Index; SMV, superior mesenteric vein; IEA, inferior epigastric artery; IEV, inferior epigastric vein.
1Hypovolaemic shockLiver, spleen, transverse colon24Pneumonia
2Hypovolaemic shockRight iliac vein16DVT
3Hypovolaemic shockSpleen, abdominal wall9
4Hypovolaemic shockSmall bowel, transveres colon26Evisceration
5Hypovolaemic shockLiver12
6Hypovolaemic shockLiver, small bowel, right colon33Exitus
7Hypovolaemic shockSMV, IEA, IEV, small bowel24Exitus
8Hypovolaemic shockSmall bowel, left colon, ureter16
9Irreduction of organSmall bowel serosa2
10Irreduction of organCaecum, small bowel14
11Irreduction of organSmall bowel6
12Aspiration of blood from nasogastric tubeStomach, small bowel13