Outcome of nonoperative management of blunt liver trauma.

Objective: To evaluate our experience with the management of blunt liver trauma at Riyadh Central Hospital, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Methods: The hospital records of 68 patients treated for blunt liver trauma at Riyadh Medical Complex over a 5-year period (1997 through to 2002) were reviewed retrospectively. Patients who were hemodynamically unstable or had peritonitis were treated by urgent laparotomy (operative group).