Self-inflicted abdominal stab wounds have a higher rate of non-therapeutic laparotomy/laparoscopy and a lower risk of injury - Bugaev N, McKay K, Breeze JL, Arabian SS, Rabinovici R.

BACKGROUND: The profile and management of self-inflicted abdominal stab wounds (SI-ASW) patients is still obscure. METHODS: The National Trauma Data Bank (2012) was queried for adults with abdominal stab wounds (n  = 9544). Patients with SI-ASW (n...
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