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A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY TO ASSESS & EXAMINE THE ONSET OF BLUNT ABDOMINAL TRAUMA AMONG PATIENTS WITH RESPECT TO LIVER & SPLEEN INJURIES

Dr. Maimona Rafiq, Dr. Muhammad Rizwan Saeed, Dr. Hafiz Rana Kamran Ijaz

Objective: The objective of the research was to examine the patients of blunt abdominal trauma. Method and Materials: The design of our research was cross-sectional carried out at the department of surgery Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore (November 2016 to September 2017). The number of abdominal trauma patients enrolled for our research was one hundred and fifty. Researcher registered outcome of every individual patient over analyze laparotomy on Performa prepared for the said purpose. Results: The age of all the patients selected for the study was in between twenty-four to forty-one years. Among one hundred and fifty patients, the number of males was one hundred and eight (72%) along with forty-two (twenty-eight percent) female patients. Researcher diagnosed injury of the spleen in one hundred and two cases (68%) along with eighty-three (53.33%) liver injured patients and also found a strong connection in between liver wound and age of the patients. whereas researcher did not find any connection of spleen damages and age as well as gender and wound of spleen and liver. Conclusion: The finding of the research proves that most victimized patients of blunt abdominal injuries were mostly men with reference to women. However, researcher diagnosed insignificance disparity in the repetition of spleen and liver injuries in men and women. The finding of the research also declares that the most affected peoples with intense abdominal injuries were young age category with reference to aged peoples. The researcher analyzed that liver injury is strongly connected with the patient’s age. Keywords: Trauma, Hypochondria, Blunt Abdominal Trauma and Laparotomy.

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