A Retained Bullet in Pericardial Sac: Penetrating Gunshot Injury of the Heart

A Retained Bullet in Pericardial Sac: Penetrating Gunshot Injury of the Heart

Penetrating cardiac trauma is rarely seen but when present there is a short time lag to keep the patients alive. Cardiac gunshot injuries are exceptional and it occurs mostly during interpersonal disagreements casualties or a mistakenly fired gun nowadays. Here we present a case of cardiac gunshot injury from the war of Kobani, Syria. The patient was mistakenly diagnosed to have a sole bullet i...

Penetrating gunshot injury

Penetrating gunshot injury is a rarely seen but a life threatening condition. Priorly stabilization of the patient’s vital signs with saline infusion, and compression of bleeding sites should be provided. Then transfer into an advanced life support facilities must be the second step. Here we present a 17-year-old female patient who had a penetrating gunshot injury during the ongoing war in Koba...

Laparoscopic Bullet Removal in a Penetrating Abdominal Gunshot

Penetrating abdominal trauma has been traditionally treated by exploratory laparotomy. Nowadays laparoscopy has become an accepted practice in hemodynamically stable patient without signs of peritonitis. We report a case of a lower anterior abdominal gunshot patient treated laparoscopically. A 32-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department with complaint of gunshot penetrating injury at...

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Civilian Penetrating Gunshot Injury to the Neurocranium in Enugu

INTRODUCTION Civilian penetrating gunshot injuries to the neurocranium are no longer uncommon in Nigeria. Such injuries are however poorly reported. They are associated with poor outcome and, at close range, are frequently fatal, especially when inflicted by high-velocity weapons. Prompt transfer to neurosurgical service and urgent intervention may improve outcome in those that are not mortally...