Abstract

Introduction Background: Many vital organs (Liver, spleen, kidney etc) and also vital vessels like aorta and many major veins are in the abdominal cavity, so injuries to abdominal cavity are mostly fatal in the form of hemorrhagic shock or neurogenic shock. Blunt or sharp objects may causes these type of injuries. Which are due to any mode of death. Aims: To study the epidemiological aspect of fatal blunt abdominal injuries. Material and Method: In this study 140 cases of abdominal injuries by blunt objects are studied for their various aspect. Results: Most cases are of road traffic accident (RTA) or any other form of accidents. Most of them are young male between 20-40 years of age. Though majority of them died within in 1-2 hrs, on the spot or on the way. Nature of injuries are correlated with the history and incident. Involvement of spleen and liver shows multiple laceration. Kidney and retroperitoneal were also involved in significant number of cases. Vertebral, bladder and uterine injuries were rare. Conclusion: Most of the fatal blunt abdominal injuries were of road traffic accidents majority of them have liver or spleen and hemorrhagic shock is the cause of death in almost all cases.

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