A 29-year-old man was admitted to our institution 10 days after he had undergone an urgent
exploratory laparotomy at a local army hospital after a terrorist bombing attack. On
admission, deep second-degree and third-degree burns involving 25% of the upper and
lower extremities were present, together with a 25× 10-cm abdominal full-thickness blast
injury defect on the left side, an infected eviscerated midline incision, and a colostomy on the
right side of the abdomen. The patient underwent a second laparotomy, at which time the …

Successful treatment of burn and visceral injury combined with full-thickness loss of the
abdominal wall following blast injury … Successful treatment of burn and visceral injury
combined with full-thickness loss of the abdominal wall following blast injury … DOI 10.1016/j.burns.2006.10.103 …