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Table 4 Clinical presentation of patients operated for abdominal trauma (n = 90)

From: Surgical outcome of pediatric abdominal trauma at Tertiary Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, a 3-year retrospective study

Clinical presentation

Frequency (n = 90)

Percentage

Peritonitis

76

84.4

Bowel evisceration

10

11.1

Omental evisceration

14

15.5

shock

8

8.8

Abdominal distension

35

38.9

Other signs or symptoms (vomiting, bleeding per rectum, fascial defect)

11

12.2