GUNSHOT WOUNDS OF FACE AND FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS

Inpatients with gunshot wounds to the face.

Microvascular free tissue transfer (FTT) is an increasingly used method of reconstruction for traumatic defects of the head and neck. We describe the immediate management, FTT reconstruction techniques, and outcomes of 6 individuals who sustained maxillofacial gunshot trauma and were treated at a single tertiary-care level I trauma center. All 6 patients were white men with a mean age of 33 yea...

Initial evaluation and management of gunshot wounds to the face.

BACKGROUND The literature on early management of gunshot wounds (GSWs) to the face is scant, with only six series reported in the English-language literature in the last 12 years. In the current study, we present a large series from a busy trauma center in an effort to identify early diagnostic and therapeutic problems and recommend management guidelines. METHODS Retrospective analysis was do...

Gunshot Wounds

Firearm injuries are regarded as a special form of blunt trauma. The damage to the organism is caused by the impact of a single projectile (or a multitude of pellets) propelled from a barrel by high-pressure combustion gases and striking the body at a high velocity. Gunshot wounds, in a broader sense, are also lesions caused by blank-cartridge weapons as well as injuries due to livestock stunne...

Gunshot Wounds

Cranio-cerebral gunshot wounds

Cranio-cerebral gunshots wounds (CCGW) are the most devastating injuries to the central nervous system, especially made by high velocity bullets, the most devastating, severe and usually fatal type of missile injury to the head. Objective: To investigate and compare, using a retrospective study on five cases the clinical outcomes of CCGW. Predictors of poor outcome were: older age, delayed mode...