<![CDATA[Background: Victims in road traffic accidents sustain large varieties of thoracic and abdominal injuries.This post mortem study of profile of thoraco-abdominal injuries, type, pattern and nature of external andinternal injuries involved will be an attempt to highlight the trends in this region. This study is aimed to studysocio-demographic profile of victims died due to fatal thoraco-abdominal injuries in road traffic accidentsin Mangalore city. Material and Methods: Present study was a record based retrospective autopsy studycarried autopsies that had thoraco-abdominal injuries sustained in fatal road traffic accidents. Results: 247cases sustained thoraco-abdominal injuries in RTA were studied. The most common age group was 20 – 29(21.8%) years followed by 30 -39 years (20.2%). Male victims (85.02%) were more compared to females(14.98%) and male: female ratio was 5.6: 1. Most cases were happened on city roads (38.5%) & pedestrianscomprise the greatest number of victims involving 46% cases. 69% cases had thoracic trauma with signs ofexternal injuries while external abdominal injuries were present on 54% cases. 199 (81%) cases sustainedinternal injuries to thorax. 55% cases were associated with external injuries of thorax and 26% cases arewithout external injuries. Most common injuries were fractures of ribs (60 %), injuries to lungs (38%) &injuries to heart (23%). There were 136 (55%) cases of internal abdominal injuries, most common organinjured was liver (38%), followed by spleen (17%) & abdominal wall (14%). Conclusion: The present studywas undertaken to focus light upon socio-demographic profile of thoraco-abdominal injuries in fatal roadtraffic accidents. Maximum numbers of the victims in the present study were males (85 %) in the age groupof 20-39 years (42%), reported in city roads (39%), during summer season. Maximum numbers of victimswere pedestrians (46%).]]>
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