Evaluation and management of abdominal gunshot wounds: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm.

J Trauma Acute Care Surg

From the Department of Surgery, Legacy Emanuel Medical Center (M.J.M.), Portland, Oregon; Department of Surgery, Dell Medical School (C.V.R.B.), University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas; Department of Surgery, University of California-Davis, Sacramento (D.V.S.), Sacramento, California; Department of Surgery, University of Michigan (H.A., G.V.), Ann Arbor, Michigan; Department of Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University (K.B.), Portland, Oregon; Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (C.J.H.), Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin (M.d.M.), Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Surgery, Denver Health (E.E.M.), Denver, Colorado; Department of Surgery, University of Southern California (K.I.), Los Angeles, California.

Published: November 2019

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