TREATMENT OF "GUNSHOT WOUNDS" OF THE KNEE-JOINT

Intraarticular findings after gunshot wounds through the knee.

OBJECTIVES To compare the radiographic findings in patients with a low-velocity gunshot wound through the knee with the intraarticular pathology as documented by arthroscopy, and to evaluate arthroscopic management of these injuries. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review of a protocol. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-three patients with low-velocity gunshot wounds through the knee, no significant ...

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 of the ureters].

The importance of victim’s clothes in gunshot wounds

Objective: Determination of victim’s clothes in gunshot wounds is important due to the necessity of immediate workup in the emergency room as well as the legal aspects of cases. The aim of this study is to evaluate the importance of victim’s clothes in gunshot wounds referred to autopsy hall of legal medicine bureau of Tehran, Iran from 2014 to 2017.Methods: In this analytical comparative...

A Case of Gunshot Wound of the Knee-Joint

was admitted into the XI B. I., Depot Hospital, Bareilly, on the 29th of March 1892, suffering from a perforating gunshot wound of the left knee-joint. The history of the case is as follows:?The XI B. I. were 111 camp at Ganesh Ghat near Rampur, and this sepoy was sitting outside the o-uard tent talking to some of his comrades and waiting for his turn to go 011 guard. A sepoy outside the tent f...