Background. Abdominal trauma is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among all age groups.. This retrospective study has been undertaken to analyse the pattern of abdominal trauma with respect to epidemiology, etiology and visceral injuries. Methods. All the in-patient records of patients, who were admitted with abdominal trauma in the emergency department of Teerthankar Mahaveer Medical College & Research Centre, located on N.H.24, during the period from 1st November 2009 to 30th October 2010 were analysed. Results: Total 87 cases of abdominal trauma, with or without involvement of other body regions were studied. 51 victims were in 2nd to 4th decades of life, 12 in 5th decade, 11 in 1st decade and the remaining 12 patients were in either extremes of age groups. The male to female ratio was 3.3:1. Blunt injuries were more common than penetrating injuries with 61 blunt injuries and 26 cases of penetrating injuries.Accidents were the leading cause of both blunt and penetrating abdominal injuries. Most commonly injured viscus in cases of blunt trauma was bowel, and in cases of penetrating injuries was spleen. The mortality rate was 4.6%.

Key words: Abdominal Trauma, Penetrating Trauma, Blunt Trauma