Pattern of Abdominal injuries in Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra
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1990-09
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Ghana Medical Journal
Abstract
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
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Pattern, Abdominal injuries, Accra