Visual disturbances after missile head injuries.

Epilepsy after missile wounds of the head.

Two hundred and thirty-seven Nigerians with missile head injury were treated at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, between July 1964 and January 1970. Among the 165 of these patients who have been followed up for over a year, the incidence of epilepsy has been 11·4%, 18·75%, and 33·3% in a follow-up period ranging between one to two years, two to three years, and three to five years ...

Penetrating missile injuries of the brachial plexus.

We studied a consecutive series of 58 patients with penetrating missile injuries of the brachial plexus to establish the indications for exploration and review the results of operation. At a mean of 17 weeks after the initial injury, 51 patients were operated on for known or suspected vascular injury (16), severe persistent pain (35) or complete loss of function in the distribution of one or mo...

Traumatic epilepsy after closed head injuries.

It has long been known that epilepsy may follow injury to the head. The relationship between the two events has been worked out in some detail for missile wounds of the head by Wagstaffe (1928), Ascroft (1941), and Russell and Whitty (1952), to mention but a few of many such studies, the opportunities for which were provided by the two world wars. The well-defined injury made study precise, and...

Skull X-rays after mild head injuries.

Management of Missile Peripheral Nerve Injuries

Missile peripheral nerve injuries (MPNIs) usually receive secondary consideration, including deferred surgical treatment, mainly because they are not life threatening. Approximately 70% of missile wounds that require exploration include either a complete or partial section of nerve. Surgical management of these wounds is very demanding, requiring considerable attention during the initial examin...