Severe trauma injuries increased in numbers, partly as a result to the escalation of motorcycle accidents related to increase in the fleet of this kind of vehicle. Abdominal wall trauma can sometimes cause high mortality, either by damage to intra-abdominal viscera or by injury to the abdominal wall itself. This report describes the severity of injuries in trauma from motorcycle accidents, as well as the surgical procedures adopted.
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