Frequency of different causes of blunt abdominal trauma

Objective: to determine the frequency of different causes of blunt abdominal trauma. study design: descriptive cases series subjects & methodology: the study was conducted at the department of surgery,islam medical college teaching hospital / islam central hospital,sialkot,from 01/08/2010 to 30/04/2013. a total of 113 patients were included in the study. patients were examined in respectable and comfortable manner. to exclude bias exclusion criteria was strictly followed. results: the age ranged from 15-50 years. mean age of the patients was 37.1±3.5 years. out of 113 patients,102 (90.3%) were male and 11 patients (9.7%) were female. most common cause of blunt abdominal trauma was road traffic accident in 49 patients (43.4%) followed by assault in 38 patients (33.6%),fall from height in 18 patients (15.9%) and industrial accident in 8 patients (7.1%) conclusion: abdominal injuries are a predominantly male disease with the majority in the third decade of life. most common causes of blunt trauma was road traffic accident followed by fall from height,assault and industrial accident.