Traumatic Gastric Injury: A 10 year Experience in University Teaching Hospital Jos

Results: Of the 55 patients that presented over the 10-year period, 48(87.3%) were males and 7(12.7%) females. Age ranged from 6-40 years, with a mean of 25.6 years. There were 31(56.4%) from gunshots, 18(32.7%) stabs and 6(10.9%) from RTA. Injuries to the stomach alone were 18(32.7%) while the remaining had injuries to other abdominal organs as well, the highest being the small intestine (23.6%). Duration of hospital stay ranged from 3 hours to 52 days with a mean of 19.4 days. More than half of the 30(54.6%) complications were infective. There were 3(5.5%) mortalities, all of which presented more than 24 hours after the trauma.