Autopsy Study of Pattern of Splenic Injuries

Autor:	S Ajay Kumar, Shivaramu Mg, Vijaykumar Ag, Utkarsha Kumar
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Abbreviated Injury Scale business.industry Autopsy Spleen medicine.disease Timely diagnosis Surgery Blunt medicine.anatomical_structure Abdominal trauma Medicine Preventable death business
Zdroj:	Indian Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology. 11:1
ISSN:	0974-4487 0973-1970
DOI:	10.5958/j.0974-4487.11.1.001
Popis:	The spleen is the most frequently injured organ in blunt abdominal trauma, and a missed splenic injury is the most common cause of preventable death in trauma patients. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of spleen injuries in non-surviving patients with abdominal trauma by evaluating the compiled autopsy study data. Abbreviated Injury Scale is used to determine the severity of splenic injuries. In the present study, 18.8% of victims belong to third decade and 29.7% of victims belong to fourth decade. Women were less involved than men with a ratio of 1:3.5. In our study, the vast majority of patients, 54 (84%), sustained blunt injuries and the remaining, 10 (16%), patients had penetrating injuries. Since the spleen is highly vascular and friable having immense immunological and haematological importance, timely diagnosis and management of splenic injuries goes a long way in improving the mortality and morbidity rates in trauma cases.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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