<unk>  requires urgent medical attention and sometimes requires hospitalization. The initial treatment involves stabilizing the person enough to ensure adequate airway, breathing, and circulation, and identifying other injuries. Surgery may be needed to repair injured organs. Surgical exploration may be necessary for people with penetrating injuries and signs of peritonitis or shock. Laparotomy is often performed in blunt<unk> , and is urgently required if an abdominal injury causes a large, potentially deadly bleed. The main goal is to stop any sources of bleeding before moving onto any definitive find and repair any injuries that are found. Due to the time sensitive nature, this procedure also emphasizes expedience in terms of gaining access and controlling the bleeding, thus favoring a long midline incision. Intra-abdominal injuries are also frequently successfully treated nonoperatively as there is little benefit shown if there is no known active bleeding or potential for infection. The use of CT scanning allows care providers to use less surgery because they can identify injuries that can be managed conservatively and rule out other injuries that would need surgery. Depending on the injuries, a person may or may not need intensive care. For injuries that penetrate the peritoneal cavity (penetrating<unk> , prophylactic (preventative) antibiotics are often adminitered with the goal of reducing the risk of sepsis and septic complications, including septicaemia, abscesses in the abdomen, and wound infections. The effectiveness of the use of antibiotics prophylactically for penetrating<unk>  has not been well studied and there is no strong evidence to support one particular antibiotic type or dose over another. The length of time that these antibiotics should be used for is also not clear.
Abdominal trauma
Post-vagotomy diarrhea
Splenic injury
Pancreatic injury
Intra-abdominal infection
Major trauma
Biliary injury
Postoperative fever