Journal:
:emergency journal
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ali vafaei department of emergency medicine, loghman hakim hospital, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
kamran heidari department of emergency medicine, loghman hakim hospital, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
afshin saboorizadeh department of emergency medicine, loghman hakim hospital, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
amin shams akhtari department of emergency medicine, loghman hakim hospital, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
introduction: screening of patients with anterior abdominal penetrating trauma in need for laparotomy is an important issue in management of these cases. this study aimed to compare the accuracy of abdominal wall ultrasonography (awu) and local wound exploration (lwe) in this regard. methods: this diagnostic accuracy study was conducted on ≥ 18 year-old patients presenting to emergency departme...