Penetrating cardiothoracic war wounds

Penetrating War Wounds of the Eye and Orbit.

FROM Sicily into Italy and onwards during many months as the terrain and nature of the fighting changed so to some extent has the type of wound and the surgical problem involved, although fairly constant throughout. Types of wound.-Military ophthalmic surgery is at present chiefly concerned with penetrating wounds due to high velocity fragment missiles resulting from high explosive action, the ...

Modern War Wounds

being seen in soldiers who survive such catastrophic injuries[6]. The destructive extent of an explosion is dependent on the nature of the device and the proximity of the soldier when it detonates[7]. In contrast to other forms of weapon (ie firearms), explosive devices have the capacity to injure multiple victims simultaneously by a variety of different mechanisms. Detonation of an explosive d...

War Wounds and Injuries

Penetrating wounds of the heart.

Penetrating Wounds of the Chest.

The immediate effects depend on the size, shape, type, velocity and track of the missile. A high velocity rifle or machine-gun bullet entering the chest through an intercostal space and making its way out through a posterior space may occasion, apart from the initial shock, little disability and with luck no complications. A small more slowly moving vulnerant may produce a punctured wound such ...