In this report, we described clinical outcomes of a multi-stage surgery integrating multiple techniques in restoration of facial morphology and function of a 17-year-old boy with severe gunshot injuries. This multi-stage surgery was applied in treatment of one rare case of gunshot-caused complicated facial deformities involving most parts of the face (labrum, left nose wing, nasal columella, na...

Firearm-related injuries are a major problem worldwide, in forensic medicine practice. and unusual presentation of bullet trajectory can create surgical or medico-legal diagnostic problems. A 23-year-old man suffered two gunshot wounds, was taken to emergency department immediately after the incident. Physical examination revealed two entrance gunshot wounds on the left lumbar region under the ...

An institutional review board-approved retrospective study was performed at a level 1 trauma center to evaluate the adequacy of current treatment guidelines in the management of humerus fractures following civilian gunshot injuries. Fifty-four patients with a humerus shaft fracture from a low-velocity gunshot wound were included in the study. Twenty-nine patients were treated nonoperatively, wh...

BACKGROUND Gunshot injuries were rare in Calabar before the Nigerian civil war. This has changed in subsequent years and has reached a near epidemic proportion in the last three years. These are caused by civil violence, police brutality and armed robberies. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the incidence, pattern and causes of gunshot injuries in this region and draw the attention of Nigerians and the G...

Gunshot injuries are getting more frequently reported while the civilian (nongovernmental) armament increases in the world. A 42-year-old male patient presented to emergency room of Istanbul Medipol University Hospital due to a low-velocity gunshot injury. We detected one entry point on the posterior aspect of the thigh, just superior to the popliteal groove. No exit wound was detected on his p...

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One hundred patients had surgical treatment for a gunshot injury to the femur at the authors' hospital. Each injury was classified (Grade 1-3) based on clinical and radiographic signs of deep soft tissue necrosis. All patients were followed up for a minimum of 6 months (average, 18 months; range, 6 months-72 months). Grade 1 injuries are defined by small entry and exit wounds (< 2 cm) and the a...

OBJECTIVES To compare the radiographic findings in patients with a low-velocity gunshot wound through the knee with the intraarticular pathology as documented by arthroscopy, and to evaluate arthroscopic management of these injuries. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review of a protocol. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-three patients with low-velocity gunshot wounds through the knee, no significant ...

Subarachnoid pleural fistula (SPF) following injury to the vertebral column is an extremely rare complication and is usually described after blunt trauma. We report the first case of SPF with pneumocephalus due to a gunshot wound to the spine.

The microbiological and clinical features of a case of Achromobacter xylosoxidans (Alcaligenes xylosoxidans subsp. xylosoxidans) meningitis associated with a gunshot wound are described. To our knowledge, this is the third confirmed case report of meningitis caused by this organism.