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Abstract
Details are presented of 104 patients admitted over a 1-year period with evisceration
following penetrating abdominal wounds. Stabbing was the most common cause of injury.
Small bowel was the most commonly eviscerated organ, as well as the organ most frequently
injured. Exploratory laparotomy was performed on all the patients who survived to
reach the operating theatre. The negative laparotomy rate was 12 per cent, and a further
3 per cent had such mild visceral injuries that they did not require operative repair.
For comparison a group of 111 patients admitted over the same period, but suffering
only omental protrusion, was also examined. The rate of visceral injury in this group
was slightly lower. Wound complications, including breakdown, were more commonly seen
in the eviscerated patients, but the mortality was 8 per cent in both groups.
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Publication history
Accepted:
October 12,
1986
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© 1987 Published by Elsevier Inc.
