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Management of liver injuries in Zaria, Nigeria.
- Source :
-
Injury [Injury] 1990 May; Vol. 21 (3), pp. 174-6. - Publication Year :
- 1990
-
Abstract
- The records of 37 patients with liver injuries operated upon at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria from 1976 to 1987 were reviewed. There were 31 males and 6 females with a mean age of 22 years. Sixty-two per cent were due to blunt injury from road traffic accidents, 14 per cent were due to gunshot wounds and 5 per cent due to stab wounds as a result of assaults. Treatment with simple suture and drainage sufficed in 49 per cent; only 16 per cent required resection, packing and drainage. Associated injuries included long bone fractures and chest trauma. The most common complication was sepsis and the overall mortality was 19 per cent.
- Subjects :
- Accidents, Traffic
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child
Child, Preschool
Drainage
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Trauma therapy
Nigeria
Postoperative Complications etiology
Retrospective Studies
Sutures
Wounds and Injuries mortality
Liver injuries
Wounds, Nonpenetrating surgery
Wounds, Penetrating surgery
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0020-1383
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Injury
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 2401550
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-1383(90)90089-d