Abdominal stab wound with omental evisceration
M. A. Granson and A. J. Donovan
Among 100 patients with omental evisceration due to abdominal stab wounds
admitted consecutively to the Los Angeles County-University of Southern
California Medical Center, Los Angeles, major intraperitoneal injuries
occurred in 69 cases. These injuries involved the small bowel (28), large
bowel (15), spleen (three), stomach (ten), liver (14), diaphragm (nine),
and pancreas (four). The incidence of major visceral injury coincidental to
stab wounds with omental evisceration supports a policy of routine
exploratory celiotomy in cases of abdominal stab wounds with omental
evisceration.
