title: Abdominal shotgun trauma: A case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  One of the most lethal mechanisms of injury is shotgun wound and particularly the abdominal one.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of a 45 years old male suffering abdominal shotgun trauma, who survived his injuries.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The management of the abdominal shotgun wounds is mainly dependent on clinical examination and clinical judgment, while requires advanced surgical skills.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Intensive Care Unit, 1st Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippokrateion General Hospital, Athens Medical School, University of Athens, Q, Sofias 114 av,,11527, Athens, Greece. alarentz@med.uoa.gr.
authors.forename: Konstantinos G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Toutouzas
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Larentzakis
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Drimousis
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Riga
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Theodorou
authors.forename: Stylianos
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Katsaragakis