Trauma is the leading cause of death in children older than 1 year of age and blunt trauma is the most common mechanism. The spleen and liver account for approximately 70% of all visceral injuries caused by blunt trauma, by far the most commonly injured intra-abdominal organs.1 Injury severity of spleen and liver injury is graded by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma injury scor...

BACKGROUND Trauma is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in the pediatric population. Blunt trauma to the abdomen accounts for the majority of abdominal injuries in children. Pancreatic injury, although uncommon (2 to 9%), is the fourth most common solid organ injury. Unlike other solid organ injuries, pancreatic trauma may be subtle and difficult to diagnose. Computed tomography currentl...

Introduction: Abdominal injury constitutes a significant portion of all blunt and penetrating body injuries. As frequency of intra-abdominal injuries continues to increase worldwide, management in patients with suspected abdominal injury is getting more complex. CT is an important and fast technique which gives rapid information on the type of abdominal injury and helps in management of the pat...

UNRECOGNISED ABDOMINAL trauma is one of the main causes of preventable death in severely injured patients throughout the world (American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACSCT) 2012). About one fifth of all major trauma fatalities involve trauma to organs in the abdominal cavity (Brooks et al 2004) and blunt abdominal trauma is the third most common problem encountered in trauma patient...

Duodenal injury following blunt abdominal trauma is a rare clinical entity and often unnoticed leading to delay in management thereby increasing morbidity mortality. We reported case of duodenal perforation with near complete transaction duodenum at junction D2 D3 grade 1 splenic laceration highlight the challenges decision-making dilemmas associated its management.

BACKGROUND Various investigative modalities are used to detect intra-abdominal injury requiring surgical intervention. Ultrasonography (US) is a cheap, readily available, safe and non-invasive investigation used in the evaluation of patients with blunt abdominal trauma. Patients are subjected to no added risk of radiation. AIMS The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of US ...

Management of abdominal wall defects can occur after blast injury. Reconstruction requires a multidisciplinary approach management for speedy and satisfactory recovery. We present a case of blast injury which resulted in abdominal wall defect along with skin and soft tissue defect over penis. Abdominal wall was reconstructed by mesh application to strengthen the abdominal wall followed by a tra...

To determine the roles of diagnostic peritoneal lavage (DPL) and abdominal computed tomography (CT) in the evaluation of blunt abdominal trauma, we compared our results in the eras before and after the advent of abdominal CT. In the pre-CT era 1977 to 1980 (group 1; 365 patients), DPL was the diagnostic procedure of choice. In the CT era 1983 to 1986 (group 2; 282 patients), DPL was used for un...

Hemothorax after blunt trauma results from injury to intrathoracic structures or the chest wall. Tube thoracostomy is the most common mode of treatment; depending on the type of injury, it is frequently the only intervention required. Rarely, blunt cardiac injury can produce hemothorax if a communication exists between the pericardium and pleural space. We describe such a case that highlights t...