GONORRHEAL INFECTION OF ABDOMINAL WOUNDS FOLLOWING LAPAROTOMY

Do Patients with Penetrating Abdominal Stab Wounds Require Laparotomy?

BACKGROUND The optimal management of hemodynamically stable asymptomatic patients with anterior abdominal stab wounds (AASWs) remains controversial. The goal is to identify and treat injuries in a safe cost-effective manner. Common evaluation strategies are local wound exploration (LWE), diagnostic peritoneal lavage (DPL), serial clinical assessment (SCAs) and computed tomography (CT) imaging. ...

Surgical Wound Infection Following Laparotomy

Background: Surgical wound (site) infection is the commonest complication following laparotomy for clean-contaminated and contaminated abdominal operations. Good surgical technique and perioperative prophylactic antibiotics in clean-contaminated and contaminated abdominal operations contribute to the low rate of surgical wound infection and its complications. The objectives of this study were t...

Arterial bullet embolism following abdominal gunshot wounds.

do patients with penetrating abdominal stab wounds require laparotomy?

background the optimal management of hemodynamically stable asymptomatic patients with anterior abdominal stab wounds (aasws) remains controversial. the goal is to identify and treat injuries in a safe cost-effective manner. common evaluation strategies are local wound exploration (lwe), diagnostic peritoneal lavage (dpl), serial clinical assessment (scas) and computed tomography (ct) imaging. ...

Unnecessary laparotomy by using physical examination and different diagnostic modalities for penetrating abdominal stab wounds.

BACKGROUND The modern management of penetrating abdominal trauma has decreased the incidence of unnecessary laparotomy by using selective non-operative management protocols. However, the real benefits of physical examination and different diagnostic methods are still unclear. METHODS From January 2000 to April 2003, we prospectively collected data on 117 patients with penetrating stab wounds ...