Wounded: ‘They had no fever…’ Ambroise Paré (1510–1590) and his method of gunshot wounds management

Ambroise Paré's accounts of new methods for treating gunshot wounds and burns.

In 1537, France was at war with the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, for the third time. The French expedition into Piedmont went to relieve the siege of Turin and occupy territory whose title was disputed by François I, the French king. The commander of the French infantry sent into northern Italy was the Marshal de Montejan, and he was accompanied by a young French surgeon, Ambroise Paré. Paré ...

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)....

Management of gunshot wounds of the limbs.

The incidence of bullet wounds in civilian trauma has increased in many parts of the world, sometimes approaching epidemic level. For surgeons with limited experience there is a bewildering range of apparently contradictory advice on management. An attempt to clarify this for gunshot injuries of the limbs, without major vascular injury, must include current concepts of ballistic wounding, the p...

Non operative management of renal gunshot wounds.

OBJECTIVE To analyze the experience of nonoperative management (NOM) of renal injuries caused by a firearm projectiles (FAP) in the right thoraco-abdominal region in patients with hemodynamic stability and no signs of peritoneal irritation, highlighting the assessment of the safety of this approach. METHODS This was a prospective study with patients sustaining injuries by FAP in the right tho...

Ambroise Pare and His Times, 1510—1590