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Splenic rupture due to extraperitoneal gunshot wound: use of peritoneal lavage in the low-tech environment
Military Medicine
|March 1, 1994
Abstract:
The upsurge in armed conflicts and civil unrest around the world will result in the need to treat gunshot wounds in austere conditions. This report details a splenic injury that resulted from a gunshot of the torso that did not penetrate the peritoneum. The author made the diagnosis using peritoneal lavage, which can be adapted to field conditions.

