Background: In recent time, incidence of abdominal injuries continues to increase steadily in
most major regions of West Africa due to emergence of various religious, social and political …

Background Abdominal injuries exert a significant impact on global morbidity and mortality.
The aggregation of mortality data and its determinants across different regions holds …

BACKGROUND: Abdominal injury is among the major causes of trauma admissions. The
aim was to determine etiology, commonly injured organs, indication and outcome of patients …

Background. Globally, injury continues to be an important cause of morbidity and mortality
both in developed and developing countries. Abdominal injuries are among the major …

Background: Emergency laparotomy (EL) encompasses a diverse range of procedures that
general surgeons commonly perform for both trauma and non-trauma related conditions in …

Background Penetrating abdominal injury (PAI) is a public health problem and accounts for
significant mortality and disability in both developing and developed countries. It often …

Aim: To describe prevalence, management and factors determining outcomes in patients
presenting with gunshot abdominal injuries. Method: We retrospectively analysed all cases …

Objective: There has been a global increase in the incidence of abdominal trauma in
surgical patients. We conducted this study to evaluate the pattern of abdominal injuries …

Background: The burden of managing splenic injuries has been on the rise. Most patients
with blunt abdominal trauma do sustain splenic injuries with varying degrees of severity. The …

Resumen STABLE JURQUIN, Yosvany; ENCARNACION VERANO, Daniuska y SOSA
MARTIN, José Gimel. Abdominal Trauma in patients at Hospital Universitario General …