[Abdominal trauma in Bangui (Central Africa). Epidemiologic and anatomical aspects].

The authors achieved a retrospective study about abdominal traumas in Bangui (Central Africa) during 7 years (1995 to 2001). The aim of the study was to come out epidemiologic and anatomoclinical aspects of those injuries, which outcome during war periods. From the 202 patients of the study, 166 of them were men (sex ratio at 4.6) and the middle age was 27.1. There were 151 penetrating abdominal injury (75%) and 51 cases of abdominal injury.The main aetiologies of penetrating abdominal injuries was due to war guns (23%), fights (23%). Traffic accidents (56.8), fights (21.5%) were the main causes in abdominal contusions. The spleen was more injured in contusions (58.5%) and the colon was more in penetrating abdominal injuries. There were also any multivisceral lesions. In 28 cases of laparotomy (16.6%), not any organ has been injured.