Blunt abdominal trauma is a major morbidity and mortality factor in all age groups, and especially in children it is the most common cause of intraabdominal injury. In the past two decades, the use of computer tomography images and nonoperative treatment of haemoperitoneum are important steps in the therapeutic management of abdominal trauma in children. The advantages of the conservative approach are reduced cost of hospitalization, faster discharge by avoiding non-therapeutic celiotomies,

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... r intraabdominal complications and reduced transfusion rates associated with a global improvement in mortality rates. This paper is a review of blunt abdominal trauma in children and a comparative study was carried out between the literature and the methods of therapeutic management used in the Clinic of Pediatric Surgery of "Sf. Apostol Andrei" Emergency Clinical County Hospital of Constanta.