[Perforation of the small intestine as a sequela of blunt injuries of the abdomen during a 12-year period].

The paper presents 44 cases of small intestine perforation caused by blunt abdominal trauma in a period of 12 years. 34 patients were men and 10 were women. The patients were aged from 10 to 82 years which gives an average age of 39 years.

[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.

[Injuries of the diaphragm examined from 1976 to 1988].

The authors review 28 patients with the diaphragmal injury treated at the Surgical Clinic of the Clinical hospital centre "Firule" Split in the period from 1976 to 1988. The distribution of the injuries in consideration of age and sex, the most frequent lesions of the organs connected with the diaphragmal injury, number of the patients in different years as the structure inside this group of the patients is shown.

[Injuries of the pancreas].

At the Surgical Clinic of the University Hospital Center "Firule" Split in the period from 1977-1987. years were treated 12 patients with injuries of the pancreas. That is 4% of all abdominal injuries treated in those 11 years.