title: Abdominal missile injuries at Gonder Hospital, northwestern Ethiopia.
abstract: A review of 121 patients, who had explorative laparotomies for abdominal missile injuries at Gonder College of Medical Sciences (GCMS) Hospital, showed a mortality rate of 16.5%, 83 non-fatal postoperative complications in 63 patients and prolonged hospital stay. Delay in evacuation, lack of good organization for effective resuscitation combined with a high rate of colonic injury (47.9%) were found to be the major contributing factors for the relatively high mortality, morbidity and prolonged hospital stay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Gonder College of Medical Sciences, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tegegne
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005002:Ethiopia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000401:mortality / Q000592:standards; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000592:standards; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*