The Incidence and Surgical Approaches of Pancreatic Injuries Following Blunt and Penetrating Abdominal Trauma in Al-DiwaniyahTeaching Hospital

The pancreas is a long J-shaped, soft, lobulated retroperitoneal organ. Pancreatic injury is relatively uncommon, occurring in 0.2–2 % of all trauma patients and 3–12 % of patients with abdominal injury. All traumatic pancreatic injuries are associated with significant morbidity with an overall rate...

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Published in:International journal of research in pharmaceutical sciences Vol. 11; no. 3; pp. 3691 - 3698
Main Authors: Adel Shaker Al Tamimi, Raafa Jawad Kadhm
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 18-07-2020
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Summary:The pancreas is a long J-shaped, soft, lobulated retroperitoneal organ. Pancreatic injury is relatively uncommon, occurring in 0.2–2 % of all trauma patients and 3–12 % of patients with abdominal injury. All traumatic pancreatic injuries are associated with significant morbidity with an overall rate of morbidity nearing 40%, higher grade pancreatic injuries are associated with higher rates of morbidity and mortality . To evaluate of surgical management of blunt and penetrating pancreatic trauma. During the period from January 2015 to September 2018, thirty patients with blunt and penetrating abdominal trauma were managed in emergency surgical department in Al-Diwaniya Teaching Hospital and assigned in prospective a case control study. Patients with proved associated pancreatic injury (regardless of the degree) at the time of laparotomy were included in the study . The mean age of patients was 34.4 year (17- 57 years) among them there was 25 male (83.3 %) and 5 females (16. 7% The overall mortality rate is 20% (6 patients). The predominant mechanism of injury was penetrating 24 patients (80%) from gunshots and 6 patients with blunt abdominal trauma resulted from road traffic accidents). Pancreatic injury is infrequent in abdominal trauma. Its frequency is little different between blunt and penetrating abdominal trauma.
ISSN:0975-7538
0975-7538
DOI:10.26452/ijrps.v11i3.2532