The incidence of traumatic spinal cord injury is reported as 30-40 million per year. Among these, stab wounds to the canal are usually rare. These injuries often lead complete or incomplete neurological deficits. An appropriate management can ensure good functional recovery for approximately two-third patient. As these cases uncommon, their treatment protocols still controversial and under eval...

long-term complications of retained war fragments in the body are not completely known. also, bullet migration and slow resorption of metals and distortion in some imaging modalities are frequent and well recognized complications but, now we are concerned about neoplastic changes near the retained war fragments. we reviewed the literature on complication of retained war fragments and report our...

INTRODUCTION There have been several reports on arthroscopically assisted removal of the bullet imbedded in hip joint in the literature. Similarly, in this case, a bullet lodged in acetabulum was extracted with arthroscopic technique. What makes this case unique in the literature is that the bullet removed from the acetabulum traversed the femoral neck. CASE REPORT Male patient aged 32 years ...

We report the case of a 36 year old woman that was hurt in the head with a lost bullet while walking through the street when she was 9 years old. On admission, the patient was fully conscious with no neurological deficits. Skull radiography showed the intracranial bullet but she was dispatched after 24 hours of observation without neurological deterioration. Six months later she suddenly presen...

INTRODUCTION There are numerous cases of abdominal injuries due to bullets. Abdominal injuries due to bullets are a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Here, an unusual case of an abdominal perforation caused by a metal projectile, lead to confusion in the interpretation of the preoperative computer tomography. CASE PRESENTATION We present an unusual case of a 32-year-old male worker who su...

OBJECTIVE Penetrating carotid trauma in a hemodynamically stable patient invariably presents with a pseudoaneurysm on initial imaging. Although extremely rare, delayed pseudoaneurysm formation has been reported. The purpose of this paper is to define this rare entity and propose a diagnostic and treatment plan. METHODS We present a case of delayed presentation of carotid pseudoaneurysm follow...

BACKGROUND Mumbai, the financial capital of India, was attacked by terrorists at various famous, densely populated places on 26 November 2008. The attack lasted for 60 h, resulting in multiple civilian casualties from bullet and blast injuries. The aim was to review the disaster management plan and analyse the injury patterns and surgical response. METHODS The disaster management plan was act...

PURPOSE Rubber bullets are considered a non-lethal method of crowd control and are being used over the world. However the literature regarding the pattern and management of these injuries is scarce for the forensic pathologist as well as for the traumatologist. The objective of this report was to add our experience to the existing literature. METHODS From June 2008 to August 2010 the Governme...

In February 2008, a private physician in North Dakota radiographed hunterharvested venison and found that 60 of 100 packages contained metal fragments. This discovery had implications for public-funded venison donation programs, and it prompted several Midwest states to examine their programs. Approximately 500,000 deer hunters harvest >200,000 deer annually in Minnesota, and the state has a do...

Software visualisation seeks to aid comprehension of software; however, there is still little progress in the evaluation of such visualisations. This paper reports on the current practice of evaluation in software visualisation. Four evaluation strategies are identified and discussed in order to identify strengths and weaknesses when applied to software visualisation. Areas for improvement are ...