Introduction: The Proliferation of small arms in the West African sub-region and the activities of insurgent groups and rustlers have caused renewed interest in Gunshot injuries. We aim to document the trend and outcome of such injuries in our sub-region. Methods: It was a prospective study of cases of gunshot injuries admitted at the University Teaching hospital over a period of 18 months. Par...

BACKGROUND CONTEXT The incidence of violent crimes has risen over the past decade. With it, gunshot injuries have become increasingly more common in the civilian population. Among the most devastating injuries are gunshot wounds to the spine. PURPOSE The purpose of this article is to provide a thorough review of the pathomechanics, diagnosis and treatment of gunshot wounds to the spine. STU...

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 fracture...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the impact of the method of Gunshot Injury (GSI) (i.e. war injuries, stray bullets, and civilian fighting) on patient morbidity and mortality. STUDY DESIGN An observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Biostatistics Department of Al-Jalaa Hospital in Benghazi, Libya, from January to December 2011. METHODOLOGY Patients' records were analyzed with the method of gu...

Civilian penetrating injuries to the penis are quite rare. We present the case of a 48-year-old man with prosthetic implant surgery who referred to the emergency department of our clinic with penetrating gunshot injury to the penis. The damaged implant was removed and the defect on the anterior urethra was repaired primarily. To the best of our knowledge, there is no such report in the literatu...

We report on operational and rehabilitation management, as well as the outcome, of a patient who with sustained spinal cord injury from a high velocity gunshot wound to the lumbar spine. More specifically, a patient with a gunshot wound to the spine is more likely to sustain a complete injury and have a poor prognosis. As such, there should be concerns regarding associated and extended injuries...

This article provides an overview of the mechanism of ballistic injuries. It also explores the management of patients with gunshot wounds in the emergency department.

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...

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OBJECTIVE We analyzed the causes of deaths among the members of the 4th Guardian Brigade (GB) of the Croatian Army during the war in Croatia from 1991 to 1995: the site of the lethal injuries, the type of wounds, and estimated the severity of injuries with lethal outcome according to the Abbreviated Injury Scale. METHODS This was a retrospective study using the files and data obtained from 4t...