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Sources for the numbers I quoted if anybody is interested.
Feliciano DV, Burch JM, Graham JM. Abdominal vascular injury. In: Moore EE, Mattox RL, Feliciano DV, eds. Trauma. 2nd ed. East Norwalk, CT: Appleton & Lange, 1991:553-552.
Feliciano DV, Burch JM, Spjut-Patrinely V, et al. Abdominal gunshot wounds: an urban trauma center's experience with 300 consecutive patients. Ann Surg 1988; 208:362.
Similar numbers came from the Detroit Receiving Hospital (DRH) series:
810 abd stab wound patients - 6.5% suffered vascular injury.
1358 abd GSW patients - 18.9% suffered vascular injury.
573 abd blunt trauma patients - 4.0% suffered vascular injury.
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