Abdominal trauma: experience of 4961 cases in Western Mexico
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Abdominal trauma: experience of 4961 cases in Western Mexico
Abstract
Introduction: Trauma is a leading cause of morbimortality in the world. Intraabdominal compartment is the third most affected anatomical region and bleeding from this origin is difficult to identify, therefore the importance to predict possible lesions to the abdominal cavity.
Objective: To describe and analyze the sociodemographic profile and injuries found in patients with abdominal trauma in a western hospital in Mexico.
Method: Consecutive patients included in the local registry GDL-SHOT were analyzed.
Results: From 4961 patients, 91.4% were men, with a mean age of 28.7 years. Regarding the mechanism of trauma, 39.7% were stab wounds, 33% blunt abdominal trauma and 27.3% gunshots. The most affected organs were: small bowel (20.9%), liver (18.2%), and colon (14.2%). The mean hospital stay was 6.95 days with a mortality of 6.74%.
Conclusion: In Mexico, abdominal trauma represents an important cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in young patients. We found an important amount of penetrating trauma.
Introducción: El trauma es una de las principales causas de morbimortalidad en el mundo. El abdomen es, en frecuencia, la tercera región anatómica más afectada, y el compartimento intraabdominal es un sitio de hemorragia difícil de identificar, por lo que cobra importancia el conocimiento de las posibles lesiones tras un traumatismo.
Objetivos: Describir y analizar el perfil sociodemográfico y las lesiones encontradas en pacientes con trauma abdominal en un hospital de referencia del occidente de México.
Método: Se seleccionaron para su análisis los pacientes incluidos en el registro hospitalario local GDL-SHOT.
Resultados: De 4961 pacientes, el 91.4% fueron hombres, con un promedio de edad de 28.7 años. Respecto al mecanismo, el 39.7% correspondió a arma blanca, el 33% a trauma cerrado y el 27.3% a arma de fuego. Los órganos más afectados fueron el intestino delgado (20.9%), el hígado (18.2%) y el colon (14.2%). La estancia hospitalaria promedio fue de 6.95 días, con una mortalidad del 6.74%.
Conclusiones: En México, el trauma abdominal representa una causa importante de morbimortalidad, en especial en pacientes jóvenes, y predomina el mecanismo penetrante; el manejo más común es no conservador. La frecuencia de lesiones encontradas es discordante con la literatura de otros países y predominan las de vísceras huecas, probablemente por la diferencia en los mecanismos implicados.
Keywords: Abdominal injuries; Epidemiology; Epidemiología; Laparotomy; Laparotomía; Lesiones; Mexico; México; Trauma abdominal; Wounds and injuries.
Copyright: © 2019 Permanyer.
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