TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - Surgical approach in the management of self-inflicted penetrating abdominal trauma with knife-in-situ (Hunting Knife) in Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center: a tertiary institution in Cebu City, Philippines
JO  - Trauma surgery and acute care open
A1  - Choudry, Maymona
A1  - Bullo, Stephen O.
A1  - Tabuena, Clive Y.
A1  - Tagaytay, Theo Genesis M.
SP  - e001404
EP  - e001404
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
N2  - This was a case of an adult patient in their late 50s, who came in ~4 hours post-injury with a self-inflicted stab wound at the epigastric region, with a hunting knife-in situ (figure 1). He was referred to Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, a tertiary institution with a trauma center. At the emergency room, the patient arrived with stable vital signs, with a knife-in-situ at the epigastric region, but with no signs of acute abdomen. To avoid delays and stabilize the knife, only an abdominal X-ray was done to estimate the depth of the penetration. The abdominal series (figure 2) showed that the depth of the knife was 9.91 cm. The knife was stabilized to prevent any further injury.   Figure 1<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2397-5776
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2024-001404
ID  - ref1
ER  -