Results
Overall we included 173 patients with hollow viscus
injury following blunt abdominal trauma. The mean
age of the patients was 29.1±14.1 (ranging from 3
to 80) years. There were 152 (87.1%) men and 21
(12.9%) women among the patients. Road traffic
accident were the most common cause of injury
(57.2%) followed by fall from height (36.4%) and
assault trauma (6.4%).
Free gas under diaphragm in erect abdominal
radiography was recorded in 148 (85.5%)
patients while preoperative abdominal CT-Scan/
Ultrasonography was performed in 20 (11.6%)
patients. Exploratory laparotomy was performed in
151 (87.3%) patients based on clinical or radiological
findings. The mean time from injury to laparotomy
was 2.69±0.78 Days.