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Abstract the 1:1v.er , heine the le.T&e>,lt aodorninal oreQn is ,)ur1:.io:ularl~ vul!:,l)r”,ble to injury and, itldee.i, ~$ in- ~uJ:’(;dmore often t.han atlY other solid flbc.cmin~l Vi:;lOl:S. el’uti ve dif:ficu1 tie$, end cm..;,lcx J;lOlltoperati ve l;)J:obl- In \’Jo:rld \l’ilr I~. 0;.1 pe:recd; of livcT wound s ~:ere not blec(lint; when la~!J.rotOl1l’y was perfcr::led.. In that war t~\e ~veI’u2c time bettlcen I/Oundlng ond lu.pc.roto~ Wl:;\S 10::2 hour~. In Vietnam, \’,,,,,ere the £’.verl;l.;;e time th.!:! ~;eV”erer cuse~ 45 to 65 im nut en , petiel1ts with ab- ,iominul wcunds , who l’lOula be (Ieed i.n e:;trli”,r ,laT::l, t:.r1’i’/ed u.live in the operutine :room. ’i.’hiS;)1 ttleti.on haa posed acme difficl,ll t s\U’die a1 probl el~S. |