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6. OBSERVATIONS (PART 4)

9. AGE INCIDENCE OF VICTIMS IN RELATION TO DIFFERENT ORGANS

The age incidence of victims in relation to different organs is shown in Table-IX.

TABLE IX: SHOWING AGE INCIDENCE OF VICTIMS IN RELATION TO DIFFERENT ORGANS INVOLVED IN 122 CASES OF ABDOMINAL AND PELVIC TRAUMA

S.No.

ORGANS INVOLVED

AGE GROUPS (IN YEARS)

TOTAL NO. OF CASES

PERCE-NTAGE(%)

 

 

0-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

61-70

71-80

81-90

 

 

1.

Liver

3

14

35

14

10

4

6

1

1

88

73.13%

2.

Spleen

2

9

21

10

5

1

4

-

1

53

43.44%

3.

Kidney

1

5

17

8

3

-

2

-

-

36

29.51%

4.

Stomach

-

1

-

3

2

1

1

-

-

8

6.56%

5.

Small Bowel

-

1

2

8

2

-

1

-

-

14

11.47%

6.

Large Bowel

-

1

2

5

2

-

1

-

-

11

9.02%

7.

Mesentry

-

6

13

13

4

1

2

-

-

39

31.97%

8.

Urinary Bladder

-

5

2

5

2

-

1

-

-

15

12.29%

9.

Pancreas

-

1

4

4

2

-

1

-

-

12

9.84%

10.

Adrenal Gland

-

-

-

3

1

-

1

-

-

5

4.1%

11.

Pelvic Bones

2

11

21

12

5

2

5

-

-

58

47.54%

 

Total No. of Injuries

8

54

117

85

38

9

25

1

2

122

 

 

The persons in the age group of 21-30 years showed predilection for majority of the organs involved in abdominal and pelvic trauma victims (117 injuries). This was followed by the age group of 31-40 years (85 injuries).

10. FREQUENCY OF MULTIPLE INTRA-ABDOMINAL INJURIES

Frequency of multiple organ injuries is shown in Table-X.

TABLE X: SHOWING FREQUENCY OF MULTIPLE INTRA-ABDOMINAL ORGAN INJURIES IN 110 ABDOMINAL TRAUMA CASES.

S.No.

NUMBER OF INTRA-ABDOMINAL ORGAN INJURIES

NON-PENETRATING CASES (BLUNT TRAUMA)

PENETRATING TRAUMA CASES

TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES

PERCENTAGE (%)

1.

One Organ Injuries

31 (28.18%)

2(1.82%)

33

30%

2.

Two Organ Injuries

37(33.64%)

1(0.90%)

38

34.54%

3.

Three Organ Injuries

19 (17.27%)

2(1.82%)

21

19.09%

4.

Four Organ Injuries

8(7.27%)

1(0.91%)

9

8.18%

5.

Five and above Organ Injuries

8(7.27%)

1(0.91%)

9

8.18%

 

Total Cases [Percentage (%)]

103 cases (93.64%)

7 cases (6.36%)

110 Cases

 

 

Majority of the cases had involvement of two organs (34.54%), followed by involvement of one organ (30%).

11. ASSOCIATED INJURIES IN ABDOMINAL AND PELVIC TRAUMA CASES

Plain abdominal and pelvic injuries (alone) were found in 10.65% of total cases. Associated injuries of two or more than two body regions/areas were found in majority of cases (55.74%) as shown in Table-XI and Figure-VII.

TABLE XI: SHOWING INCIDENCE OF ABDOMINAL AND PELVIC INJURIES ALONE AND ASSOCIATED BODY INJURIES.

S.NO.

TYPE OF INJURIES

NO. OF CASES

PERCENTAGE (%)

1.

Abdomen/Pelvis Injury (AP)

13

10.65%

2.

Abdomen/Pelvis + Head Injury (AP+HI)

15

12.30%

3.

Abdomen/Pelvis + Chest Injury (AP+CI)

14

11.74%

4.

Abdomen/Pelvis + Limb Injury (AP+LI)

12

9.84%

5.

Abdomen/Pelvis + Injury to 2 or more than 2 body regions (AP+TWO)

68

55.74%

 

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