Table 1.

Results of Formal Laparotomy Group

	GSW* (n = 100)			SW† (n = 54)
	#	%	LOS‡	#	%	LOS
Negative	10	10	3.5	14	26	4.6
Nontherapeutic	4	4	3.5	7	13	5
Therapeutic	86	86	10.1	33	61	6.2

^*GSW = Gunshot wound.

^†SW = Stab wounds.

^‡LOS = Length of hospital stay.