In a study of 51 patients with a history of blunt abdominal trauma, peritoneal tap and lavage
made a positive contribution to the diagnostic process in 15 cases. Thirteen patients had …

Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage in Blunt Page 1 Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage in Blunt
Abdominal Trauma JACK L. GUNIERT, MD, STANLEY E. FronEnNIAN, MD, JEAN P. MEıcıo …

• To determine the effectiveness of clinical evaluation and peritoneal lavage in blunt
abdominal trauma, a prospective study was undertaken in 315 consecutive patients …

Fifty‐one patients who had suffered blunt abdominal trauma were assessed clinically and
with diagnostic peritoneal lavage. The latter has been shown to be a safe, accurate means …

In order to assess the relative utility and reliability of peritoneal lavage as an aid in the
management of patients with penetrating trauma, 709 patients (353 penetrating; 356 blunt) …

Results Two hundred and eighty-seven lavages were performed in 267 patients during the
nineteen month period between 1970 and 1972. Some patients in the group that did not …

A prospective study to determine the reliability of diagnostic peritoneal lavage in blunt
abdominal trauma was carried on during the 11 year period January 1978 to February 1989 …

The records of 90 consecutive adult patients, who presented after blunt abdominal trauma
and who underwent diagnostic. percutancous peritoneal lavage over a 3 year period, were …

To analyze the effectiveness of peritoneal lavage and to define its limitations in the
evaluation of patients who have sustained blunt abdominal trauma, a prospective study of …

The authors review the use of diagnostic peritoneal lavage (DPL) at The Montreal General
Hospital between 1982 and 1987. Fifty-two of 254 patients admitted with a diagnosis of blunt …