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Emergent extra-abdominal trauma surgery: is abdominal screening necessary?

R P Gonzalez1, K Dziurzynski, M Maunu

  • 1University of South Alabama Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Mobile, Alabama 36617-2293, USA.

The Journal of Trauma
|August 30, 2000
PubMed
Summary

For awake blunt trauma patients needing surgery, a physical exam is enough to rule out abdominal injuries. Additional screening tests like CT scans or diagnostic peritoneal lavage do not improve outcomes.

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