Table 3 Diagnostic and operative procedures with spontaneous liver rupture/hematoma during pregnancy*
Antepartum | Postpartum | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | N | χ2 | P | |
Diagnosis | |||||
Laparotomy | 142 (58.7) | 55 (39.3) | 197 | 13.330 | < 0.001 |
US | 48 (19.8) | 26 (18.6) | 74 | 0.082 | 0.775 |
CT | 20 (8.3) | 32 (22.9) | 52 | 15.997 | < 0.001 |
US/CT | 19 (7.6) | 21 (15.0) | 40 | 5.238 | 0.022 |
Autopsy | 13 (5.4) | 6 (4.3) | 19 | 0.225 | 0.635 |
Procedure | |||||
Laparotomy | 194 (80.2) | 89 (64.5) | 283 | 11.355 | 0.001 |
Liver packing | 143 (59.6) | 70 (50.7) | 213 | 2.795 | 0.095 |
Hepatic artery ligation | 18 (7.5) | 5 (3.6) | 23 | 2.304 | 0.129 |
Liver embolization | 18 (7.5) | 15 (10.9) | 33 | 1.277 | 0.259 |
Liver resection | 8 (3.3) | 3 (2.2) | 11 | 0.417 | 0.519 |
Liver transplantation | 10 (4.1) | 4 (2.9) | 14 | 0.386 | 0.534 |
Hepatorrhaphy/omentoplasty | 38 (15.8) | 15 (10.8) | 53 | 1.860 | 0.173 |
Maternal outcome | |||||
Survived | 190 (76.3) | 113 (80.7) | 303 | 1.012† | 0.315 |
Died | 59 (23.7) | 27 (19.3) | 86 | ||