The objective of this study was to evaluate the post-operative outcome of penetrating injuries of chest and abdomen admitted at Kailash Hospital Limited at Greater Noida, Gautambudh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, from January 2014 to June 2015. Only penetrating injuries were considered. Penetrating injuries to the chest and abdomen were considered; pure limb injuries were excluded from the study. Patients, who were critical and could not tolerate any kind of intervention, were excluded. This study was carried out retrospectively, evaluating data from 1 Jan 2014 to 30 June 2015.
A total of thirty cases were operated, of penetrating injuries of abdomen and chest. Male patients were twenty-nine in number and only one female with penetrating injury to the chest was operated. The average age was 31 years (range 17 years to 46 years). Hospital stay was from 2 days to 22 days with a mean of 7.4 days.…
