THE STUDY OF BLUNT TRAUMA ABDOMEN ADMITTED IN SURGICAL EMERGENCY AND ITS OUTCOME

Dr. Hemant kumar das; Dr. Binod kumar jaiswal

Volume : VI, Issue : IV, April - 2017

THE STUDY OF BLUNT TRAUMA ABDOMEN ADMITTED IN SURGICAL EMERGENCY AND ITS OUTCOME

Dr. Hemant Kumar Das, Dr. Binod Kumar Jaiswal

Abstract :

Blunt trauma abdomen is a common surgical emergency. In our study 60 cases of blunt trauma abdomen was studied. Majority of the injury were due to road traffic accidents. The common age group to be affected was 21 to 30 years. Pain abdomen, vomiting and rigidity were the most common presenting features. Exploratory laparotomy was performed in 48 cases while remaining were treated by conservative management. Out of 48 laparotomies, 4 cases died due to either delayed diagnosis or poor preoperative general condition of the patients