BACKGROUND Penetrating aortic trauma remains one of the most challenging injuries with a high mortality rate if left untreated, or if the surgical treatment is delayed. We present an uncommon case of a late diagnosed abdominal firearm injury, in which the bullet partially penetrated the wall of the aorta, creating a plug that prevented immediate death due to massive bleeding. CASE PRESENTATIO...

tory of penetrating trauma sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his torso and left leg. The patient was hemodynamically stable and received a score of 15 on the Glasgow Coma Scale. His clothing was removed, and he was noted to have six bullet wounds: one in the left upper quadrant, one in the left flank, one suprapubic, one in the midline of the lower back, one in the left lateral thigh and one...

The following case, of gunshot injuries, is interesting as tlie symptoms of shock that supervened were quite unusual, more especially as the injuries were of a very minor nature. Of. S., a man of good physique, was hit by two bullets from a service rifle fired by a man that had "run amok" on the afternoon of the 18th February. The first bullet struck the left thigh behind and passed through the...

During the recent Gulf war 63 patients with penetrating missile injuries (including 29 Iraqi prisoners of war) underwent operation in a British Army Field Hospital. Their injuries and initial operative management are reported. Fifty-one casualties (81 per cent) suffered an average of nine wounds (range 1-45) due to fragmentation weapons, and 12 casualties sustained bullet wounds. All wounds wer...

INTRODUCTION Firearm injuries account for 13% to 17% of all spinal cord injuries, and are generally caused during warfare or assault with intent to kill. Spinal cord injuries caused by firearms are usually observed in patients aged 15 to 34 years old, and are especially common among men. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 28-year-old Iraqi man who was referred to our radiology departme...

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 ...

The following case may be interesting as an instance of rapid recovery from a bullet wound of the lung, occurring in a patient at an age when such injuries are seldom met with. On the evening of tho 13th October last a child, aged 3? years, was brought to me, who had been playing with a revolver, and had managed to discharge one of the barrels through its chest. Tho bullet had entered an inch a...

Gunshot injuries of the human body challenge surgical teams in the emergency department. Since such injuries do not follow any rule, every patient should be considered a special case. Our case, of bullet embolism from injured inferior cava vein to the right heart ventricle is a rare one. Such cases make us be more alert for diagnosis and treatment of this kind of injury. Well equipped hospitals...

The objective of this research was to develop realistic computational models for soft tissues subjected to finite deformation and failure, and to test these models in the context of numerical simulations of penetrating trauma injuries. A transversely isotropic hyperelastic model with strain-based failure criteria was used to represent the behavior of anisotropic soft tissue. The constitutive mo...

BACKGROUND Low-velocity pelvic gunshot injuries occur commonly in urban trauma centers, occasionally involving concomitant intestinal viscus injury leading to potential fracture site contamination. Surgical debridement of the fractures may be necessary to prevent osteomyelitis, although not routinely performed in many centers. The purpose of this study was to determine whether fracture debridem...