Pattern of Abdominal Injuries, Organ Involved and Rate of Negative Laprotomy in Tertiary Care Hospital

  • Viqar Aslam LRH Peshawar
  • Muhammad Bilal DHQ charsada
  • Muhammad Ayaz LRH Peshawar
  • Lubna Gul LRH Peshawar
  • Alina zaidi LRH Peshawar
  • Shabir Hasan LRH Peshawar

Abstract

Objective:

This study was designed to evaluate the pattern of abdominal injuries the value of the surgery in assisting diagnosis, laparotomy and mortality rate.

 Methods:

Out of 1923 total trauma patients 886 individuals were included in the study from a tertiary care hospital. Demographic , trauma-related traits, laparotomies with their indications, etiology  and the organs affected were all collected. With SPSS 23 were used to evaluate data

Results:

The mean age patients were 27.05 years mostly male. Mortality and negative laparotomy rate were 5.9 and 15.4 percent respectively. Blunt injures were more than penetrating .Spleen was the frequent organ damage.

Conclusion:

Blunt trauma with spleen mostly involved organ. Mortality and negative laparotmy rate are comparable to other studies

Published
2024-09-16
Section
Original Articles