The greater the number of organs injured, the more
likely there is associated bowel and mesenteric injury
and in one third of the patient’s bowel and mesenteric
injury coexists with pancreatic or other solid organs
[11]. In our series, associated viscera injury was seen
in 37 (21.4%) cases. As with others studies, the small
intestine were also the most commonly injured in the
present study [13-15]. In this study, it was observed
that the proximal jejunum and distal ileum were more
prone to perforation (n=157). Colonic injuries occurred less frequent (n=7) than small intestinal injuries. This
has also been reported in others studies [15,16]. This is
mainly due to its location and the lack of redundancy,
which prevents formation of closed loops