Analysis of 57 abdominal penetrating injury cases with exploratory laparotomy.
- Author:
Yan-He YU
1
;
Hui PENG
;
Yan-Qing CHEN
;
Ling-Fen ZHANG
;
Bin PENG
Author Information
1. Public Security Bureau of Gutian County, Gutian 352200, China. yyh67666@163.com
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Abdominal Injuries/surgery*;
Adolescent;
Adult;
Expert Testimony/standards*;
Female;
Forensic Medicine/standards*;
Hemoperitoneum/pathology*;
Humans;
Injury Severity Score;
Laparotomy/methods*;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Retrospective Studies;
Wounds, Penetrating/surgery*;
Wounds, Stab/surgery*;
Young Adult
- From:
Journal of Forensic Medicine
2011;27(5):358-364
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To explore the characteristics of abdominal penetrating injuries with exploratory laparotomy, as well as to summarize the key points of injury degree, and to supply reasonable reference for the practice and criterion modification in forensic clinical medicine identification. METHODS Fifty-seven cases which were all abdominal penetrating injuries with exploratory laparotomy from July 1990 to February 2011 were retrospectively analyzed including the instrument causing trauma, amount of the hemoperitoneum, the organs of the injury, conclusion of the forensic indentification, and so on.
RESULTS:There was some correlation between the organ injury patterns, volume of hemoperitoneum and identification conclusion for the abdominal penetrating injury cases with exploratory laparotomy. CONCLUSION The intra-abdominal injury has important effect for the injury degree of the abdominal penetrating injury cases with exploratory laparotomy and should be considered in the practice and criterion modification of these kinds of cases.
