The aim of the study is to study the reliability of selective conservative management of the penetrating stab wounds to the anterior abdomen depending exclusively on the clinical criteria, reducing the number of negative laparotomies, reducing period of hospital stay, morbidity and mortality, types of weapons that procedure penetrating stab wounds. This prospective study comprises of 96 patients with penetrating stab wounds to the anterior abdomen. These cases were collected over a period of 2 years and 3 months at Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital. All cases were managed by selective conservative management policy depending exclusively on clinical criterion versus to the mandatory laparotomy for all penetrating stab wounds to the abdomen.
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