title: Abdominal stab wounds.
abstract: The records of 57 patients with abdominal stab wounds, treated at the Surgical Departments of the Sahlgrenska Hospital, Göteborg, between 1969-1974, were revised. Fifty-five patients were males and 2 females. The wounds were situated in the upper abdomen in 72% of the patients. Forty-nine patients were treated with an explorative laparotomy and the findings were considered to be negative in 31% of these patients. Liver injuries were found in 45% of the operated patients. No complications occurred in the patients with negative laparotomy findings. One patient with multiple intra-abdominal lesions succumbed from an irreversible septic shock.
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000601:surgery*