title: [Analysis of 57 abdominal penetrating injury cases with exploratory laparotomy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the characteristics of abdominal penetrating injuries with exploratory laparotomy, as well as to summarize the key points of injury degree, and to supply reasonable reference for the practice and criterion modification in forensic clinical medicine identification. METHODS Fifty-seven cases which were all abdominal penetrating injuries with exploratory laparotomy from July 1990 to February 2011 were retrospectively analyzed including the instrument causing trauma, amount of the hemoperitoneum, the organs of the injury, conclusion of the forensic indentification, and so on.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was some correlation between the organ injury patterns, volume of hemoperitoneum and identification conclusion for the abdominal penetrating injury cases with exploratory laparotomy. CONCLUSION The intra-abdominal injury has important effect for the injury degree of the abdominal penetrating injury cases with exploratory laparotomy and should be considered in the practice and criterion modification of these kinds of cases.
authors.affiliation: Public Security Bureau of Gutian County, Gutian 352200, China. yyh67666@163.com
authors.forename: Yan-He
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Yan-Qing
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ling-Fen
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000592:standards; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult