[Blunt abdominal injuries. Retrospective study of 697 cases]

In our country the number of abdominal traumata is steadily increasing. Mostly they are caused by traffic accidents in the overcrowded cities. In this retrospective study we analyse all our cases of the last 4 years, which were admitted to our clinic. Only in rare cases diagnosis could be made immediately on the basis of clinical symptoms. The decision to operate or not could only be taken after diagnostic irrigation of the abdominal cavity. In this way early diagnosis could also be made in doubtful cases and the patients operated in time.