PERFORATING GUNSHOT WOUNDS OP THE ABDOMEN

Gunshot wounds of the abdomen: association of surface wounds with internal injuries.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate and quantify the correlation between surface wounds and internal injuries. METHODS The medical records of 55 patients, admitted over a two year period with a diagnosis of gunshot wound of abdomen, were reviewed retrospectively. Imaginary trajectories of each bullet track were reconstructed on real scale abdominal anatomy models, and data regarding expected injuries was o...

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

[Gunshot wounds of the ureters].

Case of Perforating Wound of the Abdomen

Sahii$oo, a Brahmini, aged 50, residing in the village of Sanawur, lias been a widow for 20 years, and is the mother of two grown up sons. She is a healthy looking woman, a little emaciated, but younger looking than are most women of her age in the plains. She is not addicted to the use of opium. At 6 a.m. on the 23rd April, 18GG, having finished the milking of one of her cows, she rose to go a...