Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Forensic Medicine Toxicology

Abdominal trauma is among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in all age groups in the world. However, identifying serious intraabdominal pathology due to trauma can be a challenge. The current work is a cross sectional descriptive study of cases admitted to Kasr Al-Ainy hospital during the period from 1st of January to 31st of December 2014 with traumatic abdominal injuries. Data were analyzed regarding demographic criteria, cause, manner, site and type of wound, accompanying injuries, radiological investigations, treatment, period of hospital stay and outcome. The total number of the studied cases was 227. The most frequent age group being those between 18-40 years (72.2%) with male predominance (92.1%) and 93.4% of the cases were from Greater Cairo. The homicidal cases comprised the highest frequency among the studied groups (50.7%). Stab wound was the commonest type (58.1%) followed by firearm injuries (25.1%) and contused wound (14.1%). Regarding the cause, 81.9% of cases were due to violent assault and 72, 7% of the cases undergone surgery. Most of the cases were recovered (80.6%) and the mortality rate was 7%. Nowadays, cases of abdominal trauma are increasing at an alarming rate in all world communities. Proper management is the key for better outcome and prognosis

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