A literature review deals with the importance of overweight in victims severe mechanical injury. Mechanical trauma remains an important medical and social problem for humanity. The course injury its consequences depend not only on nature trauma, but also initial status victim. individual characteristics patient (gender, age, concomitant somatic pathology, etc.) treatment strategy are great impo...

conclusions considering the fact that road-related accidents are quite predictable and controllable; therefore, the quality promotion of traumatic patients' care, and the road safety should be noted as problems associated with public health. objectives this study aimed to evaluate the patients with chest and abdominal trauma hospitalized in the surgery ward of poursina teaching hospital, g...

conclusions a high index of suspicion is essential for early detection of ddr and dddr. patients with high impact injuries or surrounding organ damage should be followed with serial clinical examinations, follow-up radiologic assessments, and even re-exploration in situations highly suspicious for diaphragmatic injuries. introduction diaphragmatic rupture (dr) is an uncommon, potentially seriou...

The spleen is the most commonly injured organ after blunt abdominal injury (40-55%). Most patients presented acutely with symptoms of haemodynamic instability or acute abdominal signs attributed to haemoperitoneum. Delayed splenic rupture is defined as late occurrence of symptoms and signs, in patients who experience no initial haemodynamic instability or clinical symptoms, 48 hours or more aft...

Isolated duodenal injury after blunt abdominal trauma is a very rare entity. In contrast to penetrating injuries, duodenal injuries after blunt trauma are difficult to diagnose. Early diagnosis and management is required to prevent high morbidity and mortality associated with these injuries. We present three young patients of blunt abdominal trauma with an isolated injury to duodenum in which p...

BACKGROUND To present a patient with an indirect blast rupture of the head of pancreas, as well as with a blast contusion of the duodenum following abdominal gunshot injury. CASE REPORT A patient with the abdominal gunshot injury was submitted to the management of the injury of the liver, gaster and the right kidney in the field hospital. The revealed rupture of the head of the pancreas and t...

Blunt abdominal trauma causing gallbladder rupture is exceptionally rare in children. This injury is rare due to the size and anatomical location of the gallbladder, and a rapid diagnosis is often difficult to achieve due to delayed presentation. We report a ruptured gallbladder in an 11-year-old male as a result of blunt abdominal trauma from an all-terrain vehicle accident. Possible gallbladd...