Diagnosis and treatment of multiple severe injuries / 中国普通外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the clinical features and surgical management of patients with blunt multiple severe injuries. Methods 165 patients whth the injury severity score (ISS) over 16 were reviewed between 1988 and 1998. Results 47 cases (28.5%) had 3 or more injury sites, and 63 cases had multiple intraabdominal organ trauma. Abdominal trauma was evaluated by abdominocentesis in 143 cases, by US in 65 and CT in 47. All had positive values over 90%. Missed diagnosis of intraabdominal injury occurred in 21 cases (12 7%). The total mortality rate was 17 6% (29 cases). The average ISS for the died was 41 6 and 24 8 for the survivors ( t =15 21, P