Ventricular Injury following Cranial Gunshot Wounds: Clinical Study

Chronic osteomyelitis following gunshot wounds.

There are three main causes, often combined, of chronic osteomyelitis due to gunshot wounds. These are retained dead matter, cavities and osteitis and are often combined. If these causes are removed the infection subsides and healing can occur. The indication for operation is clinical--persistent suppuration--and not the X-ray appearances. The nature and extent of the operation can only be dete...

Arterial bullet embolism following abdominal gunshot wounds.

Renal gunshot wounds: clinical management and outcome.

BACKGROUND To analyze our experience with renal gunshot wounds (GSW). METHODS We analyzed our prospective trauma database for patients with renal GSW. RESULTS Two hundred one patients (206 renal units) with renal GSW were collected from our database. Preoperative imaging (1-shot intravenous pyelogram, dedicated intravenous pyelogram, or computed tomography) was performed in 68.7% (n = 140)....

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