[Epidemiologic aspects of splenic injuries observed from 1958 to 1988 in our department].

The authors have reviewed the frequency of the patients with splenic injuries treated on the Surgical clinics of the Clinical Hospital Centre "Firule" Split in period from 1958 to 1988. The distribution of the splenic injuries in consideration to age, sex such as the lethality inside this group is shown.

[Rupture of the retroperitoneal duodenum due to blunt abdominal trauma].

We are reported eight patients after blunt abdominal trauma with rupture of retroperitoneal part of the duodenum, with etiology of injury and with their surgical treatment. We emphasized diagnostic troubles and great mortality in the cases of missed duodenal rupture in the preoperative and in the intraoperative time. The result of successful therapy depend of quick recognizing of the retroperitoneal part of the duodenum and of the operation treatment.