نتایج جستجو برای: outcomecraniocerebral gunshot injuries

تعداد نتایج: 123349  

2017
Ephraim Eziechina Onyia Mark C Chikani Wilfred C Mezue Enoch O Uche Izuchukwu Iloabachie Matthew Mesi Sunday Ejembi Chuka Agunwa

INTRODUCTION Civilian penetrating gunshot injuries to the neurocranium are no longer uncommon in Nigeria. Such injuries are however poorly reported. They are associated with poor outcome and, at close range, are frequently fatal, especially when inflicted by high-velocity weapons. Prompt transfer to neurosurgical service and urgent intervention may improve outcome in those that are not mortally...

Journal: :Emergency medicine practice 2011
David Bruner Corey G Gustafson Catherine Visintainer

According to 2007 data, gunshot wounds from homicides, suicides, and accidents caused 31,000 deaths in the United States, with even higher numbers of serious, nonfatal injuries. In recent years, new evidence on effective treatment of patients with gunshot wounds has come from military settings and is being adapted for civilian emergency departments (EDs). Effective, evidence-based management of...

Journal: :Emerging Infectious Diseases 2008
James W.T. Elston Ciaran L. Bannan Desmond T. Chih Craig S. Boutlis

only 5 patients had documented seroconversion for CHIKV. However, high titers were found in all but 1 patient (>1,280 in 21 patients and 640 in 2 patients). This patient, who had a titer of 80, was an Italian who had probably not been previously exposed to CHIKV. Thus, the risk for misclassifi cation was low. PCR for early detection of infection was not used because only 3 persons were tested w...

Journal: :Clinical orthopaedics and related research 2003
William T Long Wayne Chang Earl W Brien

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...

Journal: :Journal of orthopaedic trauma 1997
P Tornetta R C Hui

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 ...

2016
Koutaro Hasegawa Itaru Yamagishi Hideki Nozawa Kunio Gonmori Kayoko Minakata Osamu Suzuki Kanako Watanabe

We experienced a rare case with multiple gunshot entrance wounds due to a single bullet. A 60-year-old male hunter was accidentally shot by other hunter with a hunting shotgun from a long distance (about 70 m). The external examination showed two entrance wounds on his left knee and left lower fore chest, in spite of a single gunshot. By the autopsy, the extensive injuries to his organs such as...

ABBAS A.Y. TAHER,

Zygomatico-orbital injuries (ZOls) are the most common injuries treated by the oral and maxillofacial surgeons. A respective analysis of 375 pateints with 1Z0ls treated in Najmeia and Baqiet-Ullah University Hospitals during a six-year period from 1984 to 1990 is presented. Male cases accounted for 94.4% (354) 59.46% (223) of the fractures involved the zygomatic bone, 70.13% (259) were frac...

Journal: :JACC: Case Reports 2021

Penetrating injuries of the thorax and abdomen, such as gunshot stabbing, are rare in children. We present case a pediatric patient with history remote injury presenting late aneurysm left ventricle. ( Level Difficulty: Intermediate. )

Journal: :Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES 2015
Mehmet Ali Karaca Nil Deniz Kartal Bülent Erbil Elif Öztürk Mehmet Mahir Kunt Tevfik Tolga Şahin Mehmet Mahir Özmen

BACKGROUND This study aimed to evaluate injury patterns of patients admitted to the emergency department with gunshot wounds, results of imaging studies, treatment modalities, outcomes, mortality ratios, and complications. METHODS A retrospective descriptive study was carried out including a total number of one hundred and forty-two patients admitted to Hacettepe University Emergency Departme...

Journal: :International journal of pharmaceutical research and allied sciences 2022

Gunshot injuries are a rare cause of vascular injury in the pediatric age group, mostly occurring accidentally. They very serious and could even be life- or limb-threatening, with slow- velocity bullets. Here, we report two cases induced by different types weapons. The first case was four-year-old boy who presented left axillary artery caused gunshot bullet. diagnosis made computerized tomograp...

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