this is an observational case series study on penetrating trauma admissions in three teaching hospitals in tehran from 1996 to 1997. in order to describe the epidemiology and determine the ways of improving treatment of penetrating injuries, we selected 410 patients with penetrating injuries and injury severity scores (iss) of more than 7 (the maximum iss is 75) out of 3580 trauma patients, hos...

BACKGROUND Surfing is an increasingly popular activity and surfing-related injuries have increased accordingly. However, to the best of our knowledge, there are no reports of penetrating upper airway injuries in surfers. We present a "cannot ventilate, cannot intubate" situation following penetrating neck injury by a surfboard fin. CASE PRESENTATION A previously healthy 29-year-old Japanese m...

 ABSTRACT Background: Spaghetti wrist is a sharp volar wrist laceration in which at least 10 structures, including tendons, at least one major nerve and usually one major vessel are divided. These injuries are usually accompanied with severe permanent complications. The aim of this study was to evaluate the spaghetti wrist injury in Iran and find ways to decrease complications and obtain better...

The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanisms and etiologic factors of forearm nerve injuries. This retrospective survey included all patients treated surgically in Clinical Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Center of Serbia, from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2010. All relevant data were collected from medical records. Statistical procedures were done using the PASW 18 statistic...