Blunt Abdominal Trauma Analysis in the Deaths due to Traffic Accidents in Erzurum, Turkey

Mustafa Talip ŞENER; Talip VURAL; Yiğit SEZER; Ahmet Nezih KÖK

Makale detayları

Blunt Abdominal Trauma Analysis in the Deaths due to Traffic Accidents in Erzurum, Turkey

Yazarlar:

Mustafa Talip ŞENER | Talip VURAL | Yiğit SEZER | Ahmet Nezih KÖK

Yayıncı:

Fazile Nur EKİNCİ AKDEMİR

Ana Başlıklar:

Hastalık insidansı ve önceleme

Dergi:

New Trends in Medicine Sciences 2021 Vol.2 Issue 1, pp.5-9

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000617573

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2717-8161

pISSN:

2717-8161

Özet:

 

Background: Traffic accidents are one of the most common causes of death in many countries. Death-causing lesions mostly occur in the head-neck, chest, and abdominal region, respectively. 
Traffic accidents are an important cause of blunt abdominal trauma. Data on abdominal trauma in fatal traffic accidents are limited in autopsy series. 
Objectives: In this study, we aimed to determine the frequency of abdominal trauma, the severity of trauma and its effects on the cause of death in traffic accident deaths.
Methods: A retrospective analysis of autopsy cases of the Morgue Department of the Council of Forensic Medicine, Erzurum Branch between January 2015 - June 2019 was conducted. The sample size was determined using the Epi-Info version 7 statistics program. 
Results: The mean age of the cases was 41.1 years (sd:23.4; min:1 - max:96); 76.1% were male. Pre-hospital death occurred in 53.4%, while in the remaining 46.6%, death occurred during hospitalisation. 31.1% of the cases had abdominal trauma. Most commonly injured solid organ was liver in 57.3% of the abdominal trauma cases. Abdominal traumas and liver injuries were more common in pre-hospital deaths, especially  in the accident scene deaths (p<.001). Besides, type A liver injury was more common in pre-hospital deaths (p=.002).
Conclusions: Liver trauma is one of the leading causes of pre-hospital deaths due to traffic accidents. Type A liver traumas were more lethal.

Makale detayları

Blunt Abdominal Trauma Analysis in the Deaths due to Traffic Accidents in Erzurum, Turkey

Yazarlar: Mustafa Talip ŞENER | Talip VURAL | Yiğit SEZER | Ahmet Nezih KÖK

Yayıncı: Fazile Nur EKİNCİ AKDEMİR

Ana Başlıklar: Hastalık insidansı ve önceleme

Dergi: New Trends in Medicine Sciences 2021 Vol.2 Issue 1, pp.5-9

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 1/2021

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000617573

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 2717-8161

pISSN: 2717-8161

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Mustafa Talip ŞENER | Talip VURAL | Yiğit SEZER | Ahmet Nezih KÖK

Yayıncı:

Fazile Nur EKİNCİ AKDEMİR

Ana Başlıklar:

Hastalık insidansı ve önceleme

Dergi:

New Trends in Medicine Sciences 2021 Vol.2 Issue 1, pp.5-9

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000617573

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2717-8161

pISSN:

2717-8161