Vehicular collisions mostly result in Abdominal Trauma. It leads to drastic injuries to several organs. This calls for extensive treatment and care. There will be a necessity to perform various tests to understand the severity of the condition.
Blunt abdominal trauma treatment in Chennai ought to be approached with multiple medical assistance. Through the network of trauma specialists, we are able to render efficient medical support to the patient. Continuous monitoring and follow- up is essential to bring them back to a normal life. Chennai Gastro Care headed by the best gastroenterologist in Chennai Dr Deepak offers specialized treatment to overcome abdominal trauma.
Injury to the abdomen is termed as abdominal trauma. Abdominal organs are damaged due to trauma. Abdominal trauma is of two types’ blunt trauma and penetrating trauma.
Blunt abdominal trauma
A collision between an external environment and the abdomen of the individual leads to intra-abdominal injuries. Rapid deceleration causes movement among structures shearing them, leading to tearing at fixed points of attachment. Classic deceleration leads to hepatic tears and injury to the renal arteries.
Causes
One of the major causes of blunt trauma is a vehicular collision. Other causes are associated with industrial accidents and in rare cases iatrogenic trauma when manual thrusts are used to clear the airway during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Signs and Symptoms
Diagnosis
Physical examination reveals:
Blood studies will include:
A penetrating abdominal trauma is usually caused by a gunshot wound or a knife wound. The wound can be in the areas of the anterior abdomen, intrathoracic abdomen, the flank and the back. The commonly injured organs are the colon, liver, small bowel, and the abdominal vascular structures.
Categories/signs and symptoms
Patients arriving with penetrating abdominal trauma are classified as:
Pulseless – where there is a major vascular injury
Haemodynamically unstable – where the injury is a solid organ injury and vascular injury with haemorrhaging from other sites
Haemodynamically stable – where there is a hollow viscus injury – renal or pancreatic
Diagnosis
Physical examination for the haemodynamic status of the patient is done. Vital signs of the patient are assessed, and inspection of all body surfaces is done. Local wound exploration is imperative in all cases.
Blood tests will include:
Treatment
Blunt abdominal injuries require patient breathing and circulation stabilization before surgical therapy. In a penetrating trauma after thorough diagnosis and examination, the patient is administered IV fluids, and the wounds are debrided. Surgery may have to be recommended depending on patient status.
We treat all abdominal injury emergencies after thorough assessment and examination of the patient. Strict protocols are observed in all cases.
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