Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

Road accident is one of the leading causes of death due to trauma. Injuries to head and thoraco-abdominal regions proved to be most fatal of all the visceral injuries, the abdominal solid viscerae constitute a significant percentage in blunt trauma abdomen.

The present study is conducted to study the pattern and distribution of abdominal solid visceral injuries and their correlation with the age and sex of the victims.

This is a cross sectional study involving 179 subjects. During autopsy, the abdominal solid viscerae were dissected en-block and examined, and the data were inserted in a predefined scoring chart. The data were further analysed using SPSS17 for windows.

Fatal injuries displayed a male predominance, with majority of fatalities being between30-40 years. Hepatic injuries (83.67%) were found in majority of cases, followed by Spleen (38.76%), Kidneys (22.45%) & Pancreas (6.12%). Significant correlation (p=0.052) was found between brought dead patients and visceral injuries. Of all the deceased, majority were pedestrians.

The solid abdominal visceral injuries constitute a potential factor of morbidity and mortality in road traffic accidents. Early transportation facilities to specialised hospital coupled with early diagnosis and management will be the keystones in decreasing the fatalities due to road accidents.