Abstract
A report of 131 war wounds of the abdomen, operated upon in Field and Evacuation Hospitals in the European Theater of Operations, is presented. The data compiled from this group of cases indicate that the mortality from abdominal wounds in World War II is not greatly influenced by the time lag between injury and operation as has been the case in the past. This is probably largely due to the control of infection by present methods of chemotherapy. The severity of injury, as represented by the extent and multiplicity of visceral lesions, is the major factor influencing mortality in this series. The mortality rates are similar to others reported in the recent war and indicate a marked reduction as compared with the mortality rates of previous conflicts.
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