title: Analysis of closed abdominal injury in pregnant women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the characteristics of closed abdominal injury in pregnancy women and its treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical data of 37 pregnancy patients with closed abdominal injury treated in our hospital from June 1993 to June 2003 were collected and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the 37 patients were treated with operation. Among them 2 early pregnancy patients with intestinal rupture and 1 patient with retroperitoneal hematoma were treated under laparoscope; in other 34 pregnancy patients laparotomy was performed. Of the 34 patients 8 used cesarean section because premature separation of placenta and enlarged womb interrupted the management of intra-abdominal organ injury. In the 37 patients 33 (89.1%) were cured, 4 (10.8%) die, postoperative complication rate was 16.2% (6/37). Two patients (5.4%) suffered from abdominal cavity infection, 3 (8.1%) from pulmonary infection, and 1 (2.7%) had multi-organ failure.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  For pregnancy patients with closed abdominal injury, besides obsteric diseases intra-abdominal injury should be given much attention. Accurate diagnosis and timely treatment can gain the time to save the life of both mother and fetus.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Departmen of Longgang Central Hospital of Shenzhen, China.
authors.forename: Chang-di
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: Shao-juan
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ri-guang
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yang-yi
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*