Non-operative management of abdominal gunshot injuries: Is it safe in all cases?

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Iflazoglu N., Ureyen O., Oner O. Z., Meral U. M., Yuluklu M.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY, cilt.34, sa.1, ss.38-42, 2018 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5152/turkjsurg.2017.3795
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.38-42
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Abdominal, gunshot, non-operative management, selective, SELECTIVE CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT, NEGATIVE LAPAROTOMY, WOUNDS, TRAUMA, ABDOMEN, MORBIDITY
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: In line with advances in diagnostic methods and expectation of a decrease in the number of negative laparotomies, selective non-operative management of abdominal gunshot wounds has been increasingly used over the last three decades. We aim to detect the possibility of treatment without surgery and present our experience in selected cases referred from Syria to a hospital at the Turkish-Syrian border.