SEPTIC PHLEBITIS DUE TO GUNSHOT WOUNDS.

An Autopsy Study of Suicides Due to Gunshot Wounds

The present study was carried out during the period 2009 to 2012. A total 29 cases gunshot Suicides were studied. Males dominated the Victim group with the Male to Female ratio of 13.5:1. Majority of the Victims belonged to the age group 2140yrs.In 93.1% of cases the Head was the most preferred region and Temple was the preferred Anatomical site .All the weapons used were Handguns and were Lega...

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 to the spine.

BACKGROUND CONTEXT The incidence of violent crimes has risen over the past decade. With it, gunshot injuries have become increasingly more common in the civilian population. Among the most devastating injuries are gunshot wounds to the spine. PURPOSE The purpose of this article is to provide a thorough review of the pathomechanics, diagnosis and treatment of gunshot wounds to the spine. STU...

Septic Phlebitis of Spermatic Cord

other than those now recorded, in which the full gravity of the condition was not appreciated by others, so that effective treatment was not adopted and fatal results occurred. The main points of the history are usually the same, the patients may or may not have been debilitated by previous ill-health from malaria, dysentery. Most of them previous to the attack were in their usual health. The a...