TY - JOUR PY - 1982// TI - Abdomen perforating wounds. Study of 61 cases (author's transl) JO - Medecine tropicale: revue du corps de sante colonial A1 - Angate, A. Y. A1 - Khoury, J. A1 - Merrien, Y. A1 - Turquin, H. A1 - Echimane, A. A1 - Zeze, B. SP - 169 EP - 172 VL - 42 IS - 2 N2 - A recent increase in the frequency of abdomen perforating wounds has been observed in Ivory Coast, related wih social condition changes. The authors study 61 cases, recorded in 10 years. Most of the cases (62,3 p. 100) are caused by side-arms and 14,8 p. 100 by fire-arms. If 59 p. 100 of the cases resort to criminal assault, 5 p. 100 were caused by suicide attempt; the other cases were consequence of various accidents. The surgical procedures are described. Death rate, with 4 cases, was only of 6,5 p. 100.
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