A Study of Penetrating Injuries of Abdomen
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 10
Abstract
Introduction: Major trauma does not respect and restrict itself to one organ or one system. Evaluation of a patient with abdominal trauma can be a most challenging task that a surgeon may be called on to deal with. Abdominal injuries may be parietal or visceral injuries. Visceral injuries may be intraperitoneal or retroperitoneal. Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the various aspects of penetrating abdominal injuries excluding pelvic organs. Materials and Methods: This study consists of all penetrating abdominal injuries admitted in the trauma ward of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital, from March 2015 to November 2016. Results: A total od 2 stab injuries were the common penetrating trauma accounting for 67.5%. There were 10 cases of bull gore injury, 2 cases of gunshot, one case of road traffic accident, and one case of penetrating injury due to falling on to iron rods in a concrete centering work site. In this study, stab injury is the common mode of producing penetrating abdominal injuries. Liver, small bowel, and spleen are the three most frequently injured organs. Conclusion: There was no appreciable delay in the management of majority of the patients because of the penetrating nature of injuries. Pancreatic and ureteric injuries had delayed presentations in this study.
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G Rajendran, A Ramesh, Heber Anandan
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