Gunalp Uzun1, Senol Yildiz1† & Samil Aktas2 †Author for correspondence 1Gulhane Military Medical Academy Haydarpasa Teaching Hospital, Department of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine, 34668 Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey Tel.: +90 216 542 2738 Fax: +90 216 412 5918 Email: senoyildiz@ yahoo.com 2Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine, Ista...

Gtunshot wounds of the extremities, when complicated with compound fractures, and splintering of the bones, are justly regarded as most serious injuries, so much so, that the hope of saving a limb under such circumstances, is seldom entertained ; for, independent of the danger of mortification, which, in the first instance, is always to be apprehended, and the chance of the patient ultimately s...

Gunshot wounds of the neck are diagnostically and therapeutically challenging cases and treatment should be individualized and multidisciplinary. We present an unusual case of bullet injury to the neck. A fourteen year old male patient sustained an accidental bullet injury to the submental area of the neck, with no serious injuries to the vital structures. The bullet was found close to the epig...

BACKGROUND Cardiac penetration wounds have high mortality which need a rapid diagnosis and surgical intervention. METHODS Between May 1999 to May 2002, 196 thoracic penetration cases who were admitted to emergency department were examined and in 12 (6.1%) of them cardiac penetration was diagnosed. In this retrospective study, the cardiac penetration cases were evaluated. RESULTS All the cas...

A stab wound to neck is an infrequent but highly important presentation to the ED in Australasia. Injuries to the two large neurovascular bundles that are vital to life might occur with associated injuries to midline aerodigestive structures. A literature review was undertaken to discuss the assessment and management of this injury in the emergency medicine setting.

OBJECTIVE To review assault victim attendance at the accident and emergency department of Glasgow Royal Infirmary before and after a police initiative to curb knife carrying and tackle violent assaults ("Operation Blade"). METHODS Assault victim attendance was reviewed for the month before the implementation of Operation Blade and for one month a year later. The number of victims requiring tr...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to examine the mortality rate of penetrating cardiac trauma in a large urban hospital. METHODS This was a retrospective study over a period of 5 years and 5 months of all patients admitted alive with a stab or a gunshot cardiac injury. RESULTS There were 310 patients with a stab wound and 63 with a gunshot wound. The overall mortality rate was 19%. T...

The effects of topical application of Rafflesia hasseltii buds and flowers extract on the rate of wound healing and histology of healed wound were assessed. Four groups of adult male Sprague Dawley rats were experimentally wounded in the posterior neck area. A thin layer of blank placebo was applied topically to wounds of Group 1 rats. Wounds of experimental animals (Group 2 and 3) were treated...

Dose; 1 to 2 c.c. diluted with 8 c.c. of distilled water. Each c.c. of the above solution contains one grain of iodine. As a rule injections need not be given on alternate days; once a week is usually sufficient. I have tried these injections with admirable results in cases of pneumonia, pleurisy, cellulitis, septic wounds, chronic bronchitis, carbuncle and rheumatism, and my notes on " The Tre...