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Background Severe or major trauma is a worldwide pandemic and one of the leading causes of death and disability. Polytrauma always involves young, productive individuals and represents a substantial burden on the society. Aim of the Work To detect the incidence and the pattern of intra-abdominal injuries in polytraumatized patients admitted to the general surgery department at El-Demerdash Hospital and to estimate the trauma burden in General Surgery Department Ain Shams University. Patients and Methods Retrospective study of records of polytrauma patients admitted to general surgery department at El-Demerdash Hospital from the period of January 2018 to June 2018. Results In the specified study period of 6 months from 1/1 /2018 to 31/6 /2018, the ER department of Ain Shams University hospital (El-Demerdash hospital) received 3,328 cases of trauma out of which 40 cases were admitted at General Surgery Department with incidence rate 1.2% of total polytrauma patients admitted in the hospital in various departments. There were 37.5% of patients with intra-abdominal collection with no documented organ injury. Most common intra-abdominal organ injured was spleen 17.5% then liver the largest intra-abdominal organ 5% and stomach 5%, least to be injured were bowel loops 2.5%. Conclusion Polytrauma is a major health problem and a major cause of death in Egypt. 40 trauma cases were admitted to general surgery department. 80% of them were males and 20% were females. The mean age of trauma victims was 33.3 years old. 42.5% of them had surgeries. The study recorded 7.5% fatalities.

Pattern of intra-peritoneal intra-abdominal injuries in polytrauma patients admitted to general surgery department at El-Demerdash Hospital