Objective: Determination of victim’s clothes in gunshot wounds is important due to the necessity of immediate workup in the emergency room as well as the legal aspects of cases. The aim of this study is to evaluate the importance of victim’s clothes in gunshot wounds referred to autopsy hall of legal medicine bureau of Tehran, Iran from 2014 to 2017.Methods: In this analytical comparative...

Gunshot detection finds application in the fields of law enforcement, forensic science, and defense (military applications). The first task of a sniper detector, aiming to estimate the direction of arrival of a given gunshot, is to detect automatically the presence of this audio event. Since it is a typical on-line application where a fast response is of paramount importance, a non (computation...

results: we performed reverse sural flaps in eight gunshot patients, to cover the defects of the lower leg and foot. surgical site infection observed in one patient (12.5%) was treated successfully with antibiotic therapy. the reverse sural flap provided a satisfactory coverage for gunshot defects in all the patients. objectives: the purpose of this prospective case series study was explore the...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to assess the effects of local and state anti-crime initiatives on the number of gunshot wound admissions to a level 1 trauma center. METHODS A retrospective time series analysis of gunshot wound admissions from July 1, 1990 to July 30, 1999 was performed at a level 1 trauma center. The gunshot wound admissions were divided into four subgroups: assault, suicide, ac...

The purpose of this study was to analyze changing etiologies for admission to a spinal cord injury center. This study was designed to retrospectively analyze the etiology of admissions to a spinal cord injury center during a 15-year period, specifically gunshot versus nongunshot wound injuries. Gunshot wounds are a well-recognized cause of spinal cord injury. In some centers, up to 52% of admis...

Automated scanning electron microscope analyses of gunshot residue samplers are being performed by many crime laboratories all over the world. Often the criminalist-technician operators of these instruments do not have adequate training for the interpretation of spectra generated by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (parts I and II of this series) and distinguishing gunshot residue from simi...

BACKGROUND Gunshot injuries are the third leading cause of spinal injuries, after falls from a significant height and traffic accidents. Severity of spinal damage from gunshot injury depends upon certain mechanical and biological factors. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of biological factors on survival in cases of spinal gunshot injury. METHODS A total of 110 cases...

This retrospective review of 76 patients with gunshot wounds was undertaken to evaluate the pattern and outcome of civilian gunshot injuries in our region. The extremities were the most commonly affected site (51.5% of all gunshot wounds). Gunshot injuries were most common among young males in the third decade of life, and armed robbery was the cause of gunshot trauma in 69.7% of cases. Time fr...

BACKGROUND Disturbing trends regarding the sex, age, and race of gunshot victims have been reported in previous national studies; however, gunshot trends have not been well documented in individual cities in the southeastern United States. OBJECTIVES 1) Analyze trends in gunshot wounds, particularly the association between gunshot wounds and race, among victims presenting to a Level I Trauma ...