Two Cases of Nerve Injuries Caused by Bullet Wounds

Bullet Wounds

IHE simple and common type of bullet wound shovs an cntrance and exit wound; but it is well knowin that a bullet often re-enters the body an(d a second pair of wounds results. Suppose, however, that the first exit w,Nound and the second entrance wound are so close togetlher that they form only one wound. The patient would then have three woun1ds an(1 nio lodged bullet. Tlhe second exit wound ma...

Disability caused by brain wounds; a review of 1,166 cases.

Small-bore Rifle Bullet Wounds

WE are all, I suppose, a little prone to assume that what is new to us is necessarily new to everyone else; and that of what we have lately learned others must necessarily be ignorant. The mere fact that I mention such a truism may, however, be taken as a proof that I do not share in the belief. In this South African caapaign-rather prematurely called in some quarters the Transvaal war-there ar...

Median Nerve Injuries Caused by Carpal Tunnel Injections

Local steroid injections are widely used for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in the management of carpal tunnel syndrome. The median nerve injury is the most serious complication in association with carpal tunnel injections although the incidence is low. A median nerve injury will be presented with shooting pain at the injection time along with other sensory distortion, motor weakness and m...

Two cases of tibial nerve compression caused by uncommon popliteal cysts.

We report 2 cases of a popliteal mass of very unusual origin that induced compression neuropathy. The signs and symptoms could have been mistaken for those of a common Baker's cyst. Several recent studies have shown that the cause of Baker's cyst formation should be sought within the joint because of a communication between the gastrocnemio-semimembranosus bursa and the joint cavity. These 2 cy...