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This prospective study evaluated an experience of NOM of gunshot wounds to the liver.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>All patients presenting with LGSIs who were haemodynamically stable with no evidence of peritonism underwent a protocol of NOM.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Thirty-three patients (mean age 25 (range 13\u201350) years) were enrolled over a 36-month period. Fourteen had grade III injuries according to the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) classification, whereas 11 and eight patients sustained major (AAST IV\/V) and minor (AAST I\/II) injuries respectively. NOM was successful in 31 of 33 patients. Two patients required delayed laparotomy for indications unrelated to the hepatic trauma. 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