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Item Pattern of Abdominal injuries in Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra(Ghana Medical Journal, 1990-09) Naaeder, S.B.Two Hundred and thirty-four cases of abdominal trauma over the past 6 years were reviewed. There were four times as many male as female patients. The peak age incidence was in the second and third decades. Road traffic accidents were the commonest causes of blunt injures whereas stab wounds predominated penetrating injuries. The spleen and the small bowel were the most common Viscera injured. Although accidental injury ill our environments is a common cause of morbidity fatalities are few in those with abdominal trauma