Self-Inflicted Abdominal Stab Wounds Have a Higher Rate of Non-therapeutic Laparotomy/Laparoscopy and a Lower Risk of Injury
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DOI: 10.1007/s00268-017-4083-7
Abstract: BackgroundThe profile and management of self-inflicted abdominal stab wounds (SI-ASW) patients is still obscure.MethodsThe National Trauma Data Bank (2012) was queried for adults with abdominal stab wounds (n = 9544). Patients with SI-ASW (n = 1724) and non-SI-ASW (n = 7820)… read more here.
Keywords: stab wounds; inflicted abdominal; non therapeutic; self inflicted ... See more keywords