A prospective comparison of the selective observation and routine exploration methods for penetrating abdominal stab wounds with organ or omentum evisceration

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 526-532

  Arikan, Soykan ^a,b   Kocakusak, Ahmet ^a   Yucel, Ahmet F ^a   Adas, Gokhan ^a  

^a HASEKI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Ayazmadere Cad Lale Çikmazi ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Evisceration; Penetrating abdominal stab wounds; Selective observation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; EVISCERATION; FISHER EXACT TEST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STAB WOUND; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OMENTUM; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VISCERA; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 14944344649     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000152498.71380.3E     Document Type: Article

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