Wounds of the Abdomen

Penetrating Wounds of the Abdomen

On Wounds of the Thorax and Abdomen

man having been shot through the body, while bloody sputa seemed to prove the fact, and in reality rendered the same measures, to a certain extent, necessary. Ball or bayonet wounds of the thoracic integuments require great attention from the danger of inflammation spreading to the pleura, or subjacent viscera, or of troublesome abscesses forming. " When a ball (says this able surgeon) has frac...

Stab Wounds of the Abdomen. A Report on 25 Cases

Gunshot wounds of the abdomen: association of surface wounds with internal injuries.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate and quantify the correlation between surface wounds and internal injuries. METHODS The medical records of 55 patients, admitted over a two year period with a diagnosis of gunshot wound of abdomen, were reviewed retrospectively. Imaginary trajectories of each bullet track were reconstructed on real scale abdominal anatomy models, and data regarding expected injuries was o...

Cases of Penetrating Wounds of the Abdomen Caused by the Horns of Bullocks : Recovery