DOI: 10.21276/sasjs.2018.4.3.1

Pages: 52-58

Gastrointestinal (GI) perforation is an important emergency situation that usually requires prompt surgery. Present study aimed at investigating the demographic factors and clinic pathological findings in patients with non-traumatic perforation of gastrointestinal (GI) tract. This cross-sectional observational study was carried out on patients of Department of general surgery at Late Lakhiram Agrawal Memorial Government Medical College (LAMGMC) Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India from September 2014 to August 2016. A total 100 adult subjects (both male and females) of all age groups were included in this study. Majority of the cases were diagnosed as Peptic Perforation (59%) followed by Typhoid Perforation (34%). Common-age for Peptic perforation was 41-60 years of age (54.2%), Typhoid perforation was 0-20 years of age (44.1%) and appendicular perforation was 21-40 years of age (40%). Most of the cases were male (78%), working as labor (33%), belonging to low socioeconomic status (66%) and residing in a rural area (99%).