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Is penetrating abdominal trauma from knife?
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Can be: A knife or gunshot or any other object that penetrates through the entire abdominal wall and enters the peritoneal cavity where all of you internal organs reside.
Answered 9/28/2016
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It can be: Anything that penetrates the abdomen, by definition, is penetrating abdominal trauma. It can be caused by a knife, a bullet, an arrow, shrapnel, an impaling object, etc.
Answered 5/28/2015
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