A study was made of patients with stab wounds who attended the Accident and Emergency Department of Glasgow Royal Infirmary during 1978 and 1983. There were 318 patients. The majority, 304 (96%), were males. A total of 87 (27%) were teenagers. The most common sites of the wounds were the chest (143 patients) and the abdomen (113 patients). The features of the patients and their wounds are compa...

BACKGROUND The modern management of abdominal stab wounds remains controversial and subject to continued reappraisal. In the present study we reviewed patients with abdominal stab wounds to examine and validate a policy of selective non-operative management with serial physical abdominal examination in a busy urban trauma centre with a high incidence of penetrating trauma. METHODS Over a 12-m...

introduction: screening of patients with anterior abdominal penetrating trauma in need for laparotomy is an important issue in management of these cases. this study aimed to compare the accuracy of abdominal wall ultrasonography (awu) and local wound exploration (lwe) in this regard. methods: this diagnostic accuracy study was conducted on ≥ 18 year-old patients presenting to emergency departme...

A stab wound penetrating the left atrium (excluding the left auricle) would have to penetrate through other chambers of the heart or through the great arteries at their origin from the heart to reach the left atrium from the front of the chest. Such wounds would be fatal, the patient dying from profuse haemorrhage within a few minutes. A stab wound through the back of the chest could reach the ...

Pneumocephalus is a complication of trauma to the chest and many iatrogenic interventions. It may arise due to systemic air embolism or retrograde cerebral venous air embolism which is an extremely rare complication. We report a 26-years-old female patient who presented to the Emergency Department suffering of multiple stab wounds. She was in a state of shock and after first aid and evaluation ...

BACKGROUND Trauma characteristics and its management is influenced by socioeconomic context. Cardiac trauma constitutes a challenge for surgeons, and outcomes depend on multiple factors including initial care, characteristics of the wounds, and surgical management. METHODS This is a retrospective cross-sectional case series of patients with penetrating cardiac injuries (PCI) from January 1999...

Multiple inflicted injuries in traumatic deaths usually indicate homicide. Three cases are reported where homicide was initially suspected due to findings at the death scene and the apparent nature of the injuries however, after investigation, involvement of any other individuals in the deaths could be excluded. Case 1: A 52-year-old male was found with multiple stab wounds. At autopsy, 36 stab...