Lesions in blunt abdominal trauma at Cusco, Peru

Authors

  • José Dueñas Servicio de Cirugía Hospital Regional de Cusco, Perú
  • Víctor Lizarbe Servicio de Cirugía, Hospital Regional de Cusco, Perú
  • Jorge Muñiz Servicio de Cirugía, Hospital Regional de Cusco, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v63i1.1472

Keywords:

Abdominal injuries, abdomen, injuries, abdominal pain, altitude

Abstract

Objective: To identify intraabdominal injuries in blunt abdominal trauma and to characterize this trauma at high altitude. Material: We analyzed 99 cases occurring from 1964 to 1999. Results: Young adults predominated, 73% of them males, mainly workers and students. Main cause was traffic accidents (51,5%) and main symptoms abdominal pain (90,9%), nausea and vomiting (31,3%), shock (29,3%), as well as, abdominal distention, hematuria, abdominal wall resistance. Organ injuries occurred in small bowel (28,3%), liver (25,3%), bladder (18,2%), mesenterium (14,1%), spleen (12,1%). Hospital stay was usually 11 to 12 days, 35,7 days average. Conclusions: Mortality rate was 8,1%, and pre- and post-operative diagnosis correlation occurred only in 37,4% of cases.

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Published

2002-03-18

Issue

Vol. 63 No. 1 (2002)

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Copyright (c) 2002 DJOSÉ DUEÑAS, VÍCTOR LIZARBE, JORGE MUÑIZ

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Dueñas J, Lizarbe V, Muñiz J. Lesions in blunt abdominal trauma at Cusco, Peru. An Fac med [Internet]. 2002 Mar. 18 [cited 2024 Jul. 6];63(1):13-8. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/1472