Trauma to Spleen: A Marker to Assess the Prognosis In Blunt Trauma to Abdomen Cases
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Splenic injury,, Blunt trauma abdomen (BTA), Assault, RTAAbstract
It has been reported that the emergency section of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Hospital, Aligarh is predominantly occupied by trauma cases (85-90%) out of 100 attending per day. 40-50 patients come as a result of assault and Road Traffic Accident (RTA). This study is primarily based on Blunt Trauma to Abdomen and seeking answers to morbidity and mortality arising out of intra-abdominal splenic injury. Amazingly, before the start of the project, the authors unfailingly assumed that splenic injury carries higher risk of mortality irrespective of grading of injury to the organs. Our study have demonstrated that out of our series of victims (n=250), 97 cases sustained splenic injury of various grading, and a single mortality was reported. Splenic injury was also involved along with injuries of other organs in the following decreasing sequence. However to make the study more precise the authors have focused research on splenic trauma scale to mortality and morbidity.
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