title: A case of selective non-operative management of penetrating gunshot wound injury of the liver and kidney in a pregnant patient.
abstract: This case report focuses on the application of selective non operative management (SNOM) of penetrating abdominal trauma in a complex patient who was also pregnant at the time of injury. It goes on to contextualize SNOM in terms of its historical evolution as a strategy in South Africa and its appropriate safe application in the pregnant patient.
authors.affiliation: Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Trauma Service, Department of Surgery, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Squires
authors.affiliation: Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Trauma Service, Department of Surgery, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Laing
authors.affiliation: Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Trauma Service, Department of Surgery, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bruce
authors.affiliation: Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Trauma Service, Department of Surgery, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Oosthuizen
authors.affiliation: Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Trauma Service, Department of Surgery, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Clarke