Facial trauma may impose functional disabilities, such as difficulties with breathing, eating, drinking, and speaking. Moreover, esthetic changes might cause the patient social and psychological dysfunction. Fractured facial bones may occur following isolated facial trauma, or as a part of multiple injuries trauma that might be caused by: road accidents, domestic or street falls, physical viole...

There are different ways to treat peripheral nerve injuries with concomitant defects in the lower extremity. One option is a direct nerve suture followed by immobilization of the knee in flexion as it is described for gunshot wounds that lead to lesions of the sciatic nerve and its terminal branches as well as isolated nerve lesions. We used this technique to treat a case of multiple nerve inju...

OBJECTIVE To characterize non-fatal firearm related injuries other than gunshot wounds (non-GSWs) treated in hospital emergency departments in the United States that occur during routine gun handling and recreational use as well as violence related use of a firearm. METHODS Cases were identified through the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS). During the study period, 1 Jan...

The kidney is the most common genitourinary organ injured from external trauma, occurring in 1-5% of all injuries. The vast majority of kidney injuries can be successfully managed nonoperatively. Blunt traumas are more frequent than penetrating. Penetrating trauma is more common in urban areas, is commonly caused by gunshot or stab wounds, and more commonly requires exploration. Blunt trauma re...