Study of liver and spleen injuries in cases of blunt abdominal trauma

Aim: to find out the frequency of liver and spleen injuries and their grades on exploratory laparotomy following blunt abdominal trauma. method: it was a cross sectional study and conducted at the department of surgery dhq hospital sahiwal from december 2013 to june 2014. total 150 cases of blunt abdominal trauma were included in this study. findings of each case upon exploratory laparotomy were entered on a pre-designed proforma. results: total 150 cases of blunt abdominal trauma were selected for this study. mean age of the cases was 32.65±8.44 years. male cases were 108(72%) and female cases were 42(28%). liver and spleen were injured in 83(55.33%) and 102(68%) cases respectively. liver injuries were significantly associated with age but spleen injuries were not significantly associated with age. there is also insignificant association of gender with liver and spleen injuries were found. conclusion: results of this study reveals that males were more commonly victim of blunt abdominal trauma as compare to females. but insignificant difference between the male and female cases for frequency of spleen and liver injuries was detected. results of this study also reveals that younger age group was more commonly affected by the blunt abdominal trauma as compare to older age group and it was also observed the liver injuries were significantly associated with age of the cases.