Objective: To review selective nonoperative management (SNOM) of gunshot wound (GSW) patients with isolated abdominal solid organ injury.
Methods: Patients who sustained isolated solid organ injury secondary to GSW from 2003 to 2014 were studied. The use of SNOM over time was analyzed, and comparisons of initial SNOM and operative management (OM) groups were performed.
Results: Of 127 patients, 63 (50%) underwent SNOM. There were no significant differences between the early/late or SNOM/OM groups in demographics, physiologic presentation, or Injury Severity Score. SNOM increased from the early to late cohorts (31%-67%, p < 0.001), without any change in outcomes. SNOM patients had shorter hospital stays (5.8 vs. 10.0 days, p < 0.001), received fewer PRBCs (0.8 vs. 4 units, p < 0.001), and suffered fewer complications (13% vs. 28%, p < 0.05) than the OM group.
Conclusion: An increase in SNOM vs. OM was associated with equivalent outcomes. Patients undergoing SNOM received fewer PRBCs and had shorter LOS.
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