Non-operative Management of Liver Injury among Abdominal Trauma Patients Admitted to Al-Noor Specialist Hospital in Makkah Al-Mukarmah: A Retrospective Cohort Study, 2013 – 2014
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 5
Abstract
Background: Recently, there was a shift in the management plan for liver blunt trauma from operative to non-operative treatment, as there were advances in critical care and sensitivity of diagnostic tools for detection of liver injury such as CT scan. Objectives: To estimate the prevalence and correlates of non-operative management of liver injury among abdominal trauma patients admitted under surgical team care at Al-Noor specialist hospital in Makkah Al-Mukarmah between 2013 and 2014. Subjects and methods: This is a retrospective cohort study carried out in Al-Noor specialist hospital, Makkah Al-Mukarramah, from 2013 to 2014. All patients admitted to Al-Noor Specialist hospital in general surgery department with abdominal trauma and liver injury were included. Variables were obtained through file review. Results: The study included 54 patients with liver trauma. Their age ranged from 7 to 60 years with mean age of29.2± 11.3. Male was the dominant gender, with male to female ratio was 8 to 1. Exactly half of patients were Saudis. The prevalence of non-operative management of liver injury throughout the period 2013-2014 was 88.9%. Regarding mechanism of injury, all cases of fall down and 88.9% of road traffic accidents compared to none of penetrating injury were treated non-operatively, p=0.011. Concerning CT grading, all cases of grade I compared to 75% of grade IV and 70% of grade III were treated non- operatively, p=0.016. Systolic and diastolic pressures were significantly higher in patients managed non-operatively than those managed operatively (123.5±18.8 and 75.4±13.9 versus 92.3±41.4 and 56.0±25.9), p values were 0.002 and 0.005 for systolic and diastolic blood pressures, respectively. There was no significant difference between both groups regarding heamatological parameters except PTT as it was 48.8±30.0 in operative group and 31.7±10.0 in non-operative group, p=0.009. Majority of patients with 14-15 Glasgow coma scale (97.3%) compared to 71.4% of those of ≤8 Glasgow coma scale were treated non-operatively, p=0.014. All cases presented without associated abdominal injury compared to 70% of those presented with associated abdominal injury were managed non-operatively, p=0.002. Majority of patients treated non-operatively (45/48; 93.8%) compared to one third of those treated operatively (2/6; 33.3%) were improved on discharge, p<0.001. Conclusion: The prevalence of non-operative management of liver injury in Al-Noor hospital, Makkah is currently very high, ever for high grade injuries. Most of them were improved on discharge compared to those managed operatively.
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Omar Abdullah Alzahrani, Fadhel Alzahrani, Mohammed Alghamdi, Meshal Alnemary, Ahmad Alrahmani
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