Mode of retroperitoneal organ injuries following blunt abdominal trauma

Aim: to find out the frequency of mode of retroperitoneal organ injuries following blunt abdominal trauma. methodology: it was a cross sectional study and conducted at department of surgery,nishtar hospital multan from july 2014 to january 2015. total 100 cases having history of blunt trauma abdomen and undergoing exploratory laparotomy were included in the study. results: in 61(61%) cases mode of injury was road accident followed by physical assault 11(11%) and fall from height 28(28%). pancreatic injury was seen in 24(24%) cases,injury of duodenum was noted in 28(28%) and kidney was injured in 32(32%) cases. there is significant association of mode of injury with gender and age. conclusion: most frequent reason of blunt abdomen trauma was road accidents and most of the cases were found with injury of kidney.