Bullet Wound of Orbit

Case of Bullet Wound

A Case of Bullet Wound

Bullet Wound of the Chest

Duncan suffered from urgent dyspnoea and severe pain in the right shoulder, but there was nothing else to indicate a wound of the lung or liver. In a few days he was attacked with pleurisy of the right side with considerable effusion. He .recovered from this, but lost flesh afterwards, and had night sweats and a persistent high temperature. In the meantime the posterior wound healed. The anteri...

A Case of Bullet Wound of the Abdomen

row of purse-string sutures on both anterior and posterior surfaces; the abdomen was closed and drainage effected through a separate incision in the left flank. The original entry and exit wounds were trimmed and sutured. The patient was put to bed and kept in Fowler's position from the very beginning. For the first two days the patient had a tender abdomen, but with free drainage, and for the ...

Femoral artery embolism of bullet after thoracic gunshot wound

A 19-year-old man sustained a gunshot to the suprasternal notch with no exit wound. The precise make and model of the weapon were unknown (A). He presented to the emergency department with severe thoracoabdominal pain that was relieved spontaneously. The patient was hemodynamically stable during admission, with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 15. Initial vital signs were as follows: mean blood pr...