• Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg · Jun 2022

    Multicenter Study

    Selective non-operative management of penetrating abdominal injuries at Northern European trauma centers: the NordiPen Study.

    • Sten Saar, Joakim Jorgensen, Aurora N Lemma, Christine Gaarder, Pal A Naess, Ari Leppäniemi, Ville Sallinen, Riinu Pius, Arvo Reinsoo, Jaak Lepp, and Peep Talving.
    • Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia. stensaars@gmail.com.
    • Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2022 Jun 1; 48 (3): 2023-2027.

    PurposeA selective nonoperative management (SNOM) of penetrating abdominal injuries (PAI) is a standard of care in numerous established trauma centers. However, available evidence supporting SNOM of PAI in European settings remains scarce. Thus, we performed a multi-center study at selected Northern European trauma centers to investigate the management and outcomes of PAI. We hypothesized that despite a low number of penetrating injuries in included trauma centers, SNOM is successfully utilized with outcomes comparable with trauma centers with a high number of PAI.MethodsAll adult patients admitted to participating trauma centers in the Northern European region with PAI between 1/2015 and 12/2016 were retrospectively reviewed. Primary outcomes were mortality and success rate of SNOM.ResultsOverall, 119 patients were included. Median age was 38 (28-47) years. SNOM was initiated in 55 patients (46.0%) with 94.5% success rate. Three patients (5.5%) failed SNOM and had a delayed laparotomy with one gastric injury, one small bowel injury and one patient with a bleeding from mesentery. Overall mortality of the cohort was 5.0%. However, all patients in the SNOM group survived. Higher median ISS, median Abbreviated Injury Scale score of the abdomen, rate of combined anterior and posterior wounds, rate of in-hospital complications and longer hospital length of stay were observed in the immediate laparotomy group compared to the SNOM group.ConclusionsSNOM of PAI is a safe practice even in regions with a low prevalence of penetrating injuries. The outcomes in our study are comparable with results from trauma centers treating larger numbers of patients with PAI.© 2021. Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.

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