Comparison of clinical outcomes between anteroposterior and lateral penetrating craniocerebral gunshot wounds

Comparison of clinical outcomes between anteroposterior and lateral penetrating craniocerebral gunshot wounds.

OBJECTIVE To investigate and compare, using a retrospective clinical study, the clinical outcomes of penetrating craniocerebral gunshot wounds (PCGW) with respect to the trajectory of penetration in the axial plane. METHODS In total, 22 patients with PCGW caused by conflict, suicide attempt, or accidental firing were included in this study. They were divided into two groups: anteroposterior a...

Risk factors for intracranial infection secondary to penetrating craniocerebral gunshot wounds in civilian practice.

OBJECTIVE To determine risk factors for intracranial infection secondary to penetrating craniocerebral gunshot wounds (PCGWs) in civilian practice, in patients who underwent surgery with removal of bullet fragments, wound debridement, and watertight dural closure. METHODS An observational, analytical, prospective, cohort-type study was conducted with follow-up in a group of patients with PCGW...

Conventional and contrast-enhanced ultrasound assessment of craniocerebral gunshot wounds.

This study aimed to investigate the characteristic features of craniocerebral gunshot wounds by conventional ultrasound (CUS) and evaluate the efficacy of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in differentiation of tissue condition in wounds. Twenty crossbreed dogs (treatment: N = 15; control: N = 5) were used in the study. Pipe-shaped hyperechoes of varying size were found by CUS in most of the ...

[Penetrating gunshot wounds of the heart].

Gunshot wounds: A review of ballistics related to penetrating trauma

Since the introduction of the term “wound ballistics”[1,2] indicating the study of the wounding mechanisms of missiles [3], extensive experimental research on this field has beenconductedby investigators with a military background [4-7]. In the context of wound ballistics, the term missile is used to denote various types of small projectiles, such as bullets and fragments, that have enough kine...