Open AccessSPECTRUM AND OUTCOME OF BLUNT ABDOMINAL TRAUMA
Author(s) -
Mahesh Kumar Sharma,
Arun Bhargava
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v4i1.876
Subject(s) - medicine , blunt , surgery , abdominal trauma , blunt trauma , perforation , road traffic accident , prospective cohort study , road traffic , general surgery , punching , materials science , transport engineering , engineering , metallurgy
Background: Blunt abdominal trauma is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among all age groups. So we evaluate the spectrum and outcome of blunt trauma.
Methods: Hospital based prospective study conducted on 100 patients at department of general surgery.
Results: Distribution according to type of injury consisted of maximum cases, 84 (84%) of road traffic accidents, 11% cases were of fall from height.
Conclusions: Males were pre-dominantly affected. Road traffic accident was the most common cause of injury. Though conservative management is successful in carefully selected patients, operative management remains the main stay of treatment.
Keywords: Blunt abdominal trauma, Liver injury, Perforation, Splenic injury