A pilot study of violent injury surveillance was implemented in two hospitals in Kano, Nigeria, in two phases: a formative evaluation including training and arranging the collection of hospital information, followed by a 6 month prospective data collection. Road traffic injuries constituted about 80 per cent of the cases, gunshot injuries were the commonest in victims of interpersonal violence ...

Clin. Pract. (2014) 11(2), 149–153 ISSN 2044-9038 part of Penetrating trauma to the neck, laryngeal fracture and foreign-body aspiration are three injuries that, individually, infrequently occur in adults. Reports of penetrating neck injuries and foreign-body aspiration presenting simultaneously, have been described in the literature. The authors present the previously unreported case of a pene...

In a 3-year period (1981-1984), 52 male patients aged 10-60 years were treated for fresh gunshot wounds. The injuries varied from minor soft tissue injuries to major organ and tissue damage, and were all sustained by low-velocity missiles. Six of the patients (11.5%) died of their injuries or complications while 46 (88.46%) survived and were discharged after 1-15 weeks (a mean hospital time of ...

Penetrating injuries of the subclavian artery are associated with a high morbidity and mortality rate. Endovascular treatment with covered stents (stent grafts) has emerged as an effective alternative to surgery, but this new technique is not exempt from complications. We report the case of a male gunshot victim, treated by a covered stent for haemorrhagic shock due to partial subclavian rupture.

Penetrating gallbladder injuries are uncommon in the pediatric population. The treatment varies according to severity of injury and patient’s hemodynamics. We present case an 11-year-old male with accidental pellet gunshot wound right upper abdomen that resulted a grade III liver laceration damage anterior wall. patient underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy drain placement. Postoperative rad...

Backg roun d. South Africa (SA) has one of the highest gun-related mortality rates in world – 20 people per day. The available data, however, do not reflect substantial number patients suffering non-lethal firearm injuries. Gunshot-related injury been recognised as a highly costly healthcare problem by individual treating centres SA and other countries; no ‘national picture’ examined detail. Ob...

Introduction: Gunshots and bomb blasts are important causes of injury within conflict zones extremities frequently affected. There is a paucity research on the characteristics outcomes among civilians with conflict-related extremity injuries. Method: We performed prospective cohort analysis utilizing data collected during randomized trial at two civilian hospitals in Jordan Iraq between 2015 20...

A gunshot wound is associated with high-energy transfer and the extent of intra-abdominal injuries is difficult to predict. The path of the missile is unpredictable and secondary missiles eg, bone fragments or fragments of the bullet can inflict other injuries. The velocity of military firearms and hunting rifles is much higher than that of civilian handguns and therefore has a much higher ener...

INTRODUCTION Opened renal trauma in urban areas reaches 15 to 20% of all renal traumas. It is mainly caused by gunshot wounds or knifes. Gunshot wounds are classified as high energy trauma and are usually associated to other organ injuries. We present our experience in opened renal trauma in the last 24 months. MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospective study: patients with thoracic, abdominal and th...