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Abstract
This study was conducted as a prospective observational study to evaluate the role of MDCT on 35 Egyptian patients with blunt abdominal trauma where MDCT findings were compared to operative findings. FAST examination was also performed to all patients.
The mean age of the studied sample was 31.49±13.98years, with the majority of the sample lying in the age group between 21 and 40 years. 74.3% of the sample were males. The mean length of hospital stay was 8.89±4.68 days, with 48.6% of cases spending between 3 and 7 days in the hospital.
About 43% of the studied sample had multiple organ injury s detected by MDCT. The most common isolated injury was splenic injury (37.1%) followed by liver injury (11.4%). Splenic involvement was the most common finding, present in 77.1% of cases. Regarding liver involvement, it was found in 40% of cases, Bladder and intestinal injury were both found in 8.6%. About 40% of the studied sample had multiple organ injury as detected by FAST.