A novel role of ultrasonography in identification of the tract of abdominal stab injury

Background Abdominal stab injury is potential life-threatening injuries. Operation should be considered if wound violate the peritoneal layer and/or complicated with hemodynamic compromise, peritonitis, impalement, or evisceration. It is well known there are several diagnostic tools to evaluate the necessity of operation for a patient with abdominal stab injury. Despite numerous diagnostic tools, including local wound exploration, CT, diagnostic peritoneal lavage, or FAST, were currently performed in emergent department neither of them has satisfying sensitivity and specificity. Abdominal wall ultrasonography has been used many abdominal wall disease, like hernia, abdominal wall hematoma. We used abdominal wall ultrasonography for diagnosis of abdominal wall stabbing injury