Selective Conservative Management Of Penetrating Abdominal Wounds

Selective non-operative management in abdominal gunshot wounds

Introduction: Effects of high velocity bullet in Abdominal wall injuries specially the blast effect on intra abdominal organs needs mandatory explorative laparatomy to manage any major and minor injuries . Usually many explorative laparatomies are negative , but it can be reduced by advanced radiologic techniques such as ultrasonography ,CT – Scan , MRI preoperatively. In patients with negativ...

Selective surgical management of penetrating anterior abdominal wounds at the Angau Memorial Hospital: a prospective study.

UNLABELLED Trauma is a leading cause of admissions to the surgical ward in Papua New Guinea (PNG), accounting for about 35% of cases. Of these, 15% of cases are abdominal injuries, of which 19% are penetrating injuries. Selective surgical management of patients with a low-velocity anterior abdominal wound (AAW) is beneficial in some patients. AIM To determine if selective surgical management ...

Penetrating Wounds of the Abdominal Cavity

The first experience with diagnosis and treatment of open injuries to the abdomen in the specialized department of polytrauma is summarized. Surgical tactics stipulates early diagnosis of the possible injuries to the internal organs, and emergency operative intervention with the volume depending on the character of an injury, severity of the state of a patient.

Abdominal gunshot wounds--current status of selective non-operative management.

Conservative management of abdominal injuries.

OBJECTIVE Non-operative management of abdominal injuries has recently become more common. Especially non-operative treatment of blunt abdominal trauma is gaining wide acceptance. In this study, the efficacy of non-operative treatment in abdominal trauma (blunt penetrating) is discussed. MATERIAL AND METHODS All patients who received treatment due to abdominal trauma from November 2008 to Janu...