Risk factors for splenic injury during colectomy: a matched case-control study.

Purpose: We assessed risk factors for splenic injury during colectomy and associated outcomes for a 15-year period at a single institution.

Methods: All adult general surgery patients who sustained a splenic injury during colectomy at our institution from 1992 to 2007 were retrospectively identified and matched 1:1 to controls without splenic injury. Putative risk factors were assessed using paired univariate analysis and conditional logistic regression.