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Table 2 Procedures performed during exploratory laparotomy at EMC during the Battle of Mosul

From: Exploratory laparotomy during the battle of Mosul, 2016–2017: results from a tertiary civilian hospital in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan

Type of procedure

All patients

n = 47 (%)a

Damage control

2 (4%)

Foreign body removal

15 (32%)

Primary diaphragm repair

6 (13%)

Chest tube placement

11 (23%)

Bowel repairb

24 (51%)

Small bowel resectionc

11 (23%)

Colon resectionc

2 (4%)

Stoma creation

5 (11%)

Vascular repair (any)

2 (4%)

  1. aPatients may have been subjected to several procedures which results in more procedures than patients and a sum of percentages more than 100
  2. bIncluding primary repair and resection with anastamosis
  3. cAll resections were followed by anastamosis
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