RT Journal
A1 Sleeman D
T1 ABdominal gunshot wounds and diagnostic peritoneal lavage
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 1998
FD April 1
VO 133
IS 4
SP 465
OP 466
DO 
UL http://dx.doi.org/
AB 
Since the criterion standard for gunshot wounds to the abdomen is still laparotomy, a 21% false-negative rate can not be considered predictive of the presence of intra-abdominal injury.