Abdominal injuries.

Abdominal injuries.

hospitals realized which cases they should transfer immediately. In most cases it takes no more than two hours to move a patient from any hospital to a major centre, and it is in this area of improved transport of a patient to the major centres that the greatest improvement in our treatment could be achieved. A railway ambulance car would help more than any other single thing in an island such ...

Abdominal Injuries of Warfare

Abdominal injuries and sport.

Serious abdominal injuries resulting from sport are rare. The potential for misdiagnosis is significant and the consequences may be serious. Patients with abdominal pain should be taken very seriously and investigated with appropriate diagnostic equipment. Sporting bodies have a responsibility to address safety within a particular sport and to change the rules where necessary as injury patterns...

Penetrating abdominal injuries: management controversies

Penetrating abdominal injuries have been traditionally managed by routine laparotomy. New understanding of trajectories, potential for organ injury, and correlation with advanced radiographic imaging has allowed a shift towards non-operative management of appropriate cases. Although a selective approach has been established for stab wounds, the management of abdominal gunshot wounds remains a m...

Reviews Abdominal injuries and sport

Introduction Serious abdominal trauma as a result of sporting activities is an uncommon problem. However, because of its relative infrequency, injuries may sometimes go undiagnosed. Significant blunt abdominal injuries do not present in the same way as major orthopaedic injuries, usually because these injuries are, for the most part, internal and concealed. Thankfully penetrating injuries are q...