A Safe Technique for Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage
- 1 February 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health
- Vol. 23 (2), 152-154
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005373-198302000-00015
Abstract
Diagnostic peritoneal lavage complements and often supplants physical examination of the abdomen following blunt trauma. The left paraumbilical approach to peritoneal lavage is described as a safe and rapid method with which to detect serious abdominal injuries [in patients].This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Open and Percutaneous Paracentesis and Lavage for Abdominal TraumaArchives of Surgery, 1981