Lesions in blunt abdominal trauma at Cusco, Peru

• Autores: Dueñas, José, Lizarbe, Víctor, Muñiz, Jorge
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2002
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/1472
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/1472
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Traumatismos abdominales; abdomen; lesiones; dolor abdominal; altitud; Abdominal injuries; injuries; abdominal pain; altitude

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.