Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A
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J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A · Oct 2003
Diagnostic and therapeutic laparoscopy for stab wounds of the anterior abdomen.
At present, laparoscopy is used mainly as a diagnostic tool in patients with abdominal stab wounds. ⋯ Laparoscopy can avoid a number of unnecessary laparotomies and can treat most of the lesions found in hemodynamically stable patients with anterior abdominal stab wounds.