Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 43, Issue 3 , Pages 344-353 , March 2004

Nonoperative management of abdominal gunshot wounds

  • John P Pryor, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: John P. Pryor, MD, Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care, 3440 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104; 215-662-7323, fax 215-614-0375
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  • Patrick M Reilly, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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  • G.Paul Dabrowski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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  • Michael D Grossman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Trauma and Critical Care, St. Lukes Regional Medical Center, Bethlehem, PA, USA
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  • C.William Schwab, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Received 22 November 2002 ,Revised 7 July 2003 ,Accepted 7 August 2003.

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☆ Author contributions: PMR conceived of the study. JPP drafted the manuscript. GPD and MDG provided literature review; GPD provided figures. CWS contributed to editing of the manuscript and provided information on wounding patterns and imaging. PMR, GPD, and MDG contributed to the final revision. JPP takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(03)00815-1

doi: 10.1016/S0196-0644(03)00815-1

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 43, Issue 3 , Pages 344-353 , March 2004

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