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This is a single center retrospective review of abdominal or abdomino-thoracic penetrating
wounds treated between 2004 and 2013 in the gastrointestinal and emergency unit of the …

Purpose Penetrating abdominal trauma was traditionally managed by mandatory
exploration, which led to high rates of non-therapeutic surgery and prolonged hospital stay …

Objective. To raise the efficacy of radiological diagnosis of the gun-shot abdominal
woundings, using modern highly informative methods of medical visualization with …

Abstract Purpose of Review Obesity has been recognized as an impactful comorbid
condition. It has been demonstrated to be an independent risk factor for morbidity and …

Background The use of laparoscopy in managing haemodynamically stable patients with
penetrating thoracoabdominal injuries in developed countries is wildly practiced, but in …

Background: Selective non-operative management (NOM) and diagnostic laparoscopy (DL)
are well-accepted approaches in the management of stable patients with penetrating …

Introduction While the management of acute civilian abdominal injuries is well established,
The literature regarding the management of battle-related abdominal injuries presented in a …

Background Many patients who sustain penetrating abdominal trauma can be managed
nonoperatively. The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) has published …

Major abdominal trauma, both blunt and penetrating, is commonly seen nowadays, being
particularly difficult to manage due to the frequent altered mental status of the patients and …