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  • Title: [Ultrasonics and lavage in polytraumatized patients with blunt abdominal trauma].
    Author: Grüssner R, Rückert K, Klotter HJ, Kuhnert A.
    Journal: Dtsch Med Wochenschr; 1985 Oct 04; 110(40):1521-6. PubMed ID: 3899565.
    Abstract:
    The reliability of sonography and peritoneal lavage in assessing the need for immediate surgical intervention in blunt abdominal trauma was examined in a controlled prospective and retrospective study. Whereas no false results occurred using peritoneal lavage, false negative findings in sonography were 9.8% and false positive findings 3.9%. A significant difference was also found on retrospective evaluation of all cases with diagnostic peritoneal lavage (2.2% false results) and ultrasound investigations (14.9% false results). This demonstrates that sonography cannot fully replace peritoneal lavage as a diagnostic method in blunt abdominal trauma.
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