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, 2018 There is controversy regarding the causes of temporary cavity generation during gunshot wound formation. Analysis of gunshot wounds in hunted animals suggests that a bullet's frontal surface shape is the pri- mary factor in forming a temporary pulsating ...
M. Felsmann +3 more
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Pellet in the stomach: Where did it come from?
Journal of Acute Disease, 2012 Gunshot might have unexpected findings in the victim owing to the ballistics of the injury. The trajectory of the bullet plays a central role in the surprising findings in gunshot injuries.
Baris Dogu Yildiz, Barlas Sulu
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Characteristics and outcomes of gunshot‑acquired spinal cord injury in South Africa [PDF]
, 2017 Background. Spinal cord injuries (SCIs) caused by assault present a unique challenge facing the healthcare system, in that very little is known about how these injuries manifest compared with other causes of injury.
Joseph, C
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Compulsory treatment for victims of gunshot act (2017): saving lives in Nigerian hospitals or a contradiction of the provisions of the administration of Criminal Justice Act (2015)? [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Gunshot wound and the problems associated with it has always been a global health phenomenon. Due to the sensitive nature of gunshot injuries in any clime, the treatment of victims is a pertinent and constant controversy among stakeholders ...
Imosemi, A.F.
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Medical and physical therapy after gunshot penetrating wounds to the knee joint
Слобожанський науково-спортивний вісник, 2019 Purpose: to improve the results of treatment and rehabilitation of patients with gunshot penetrating wounds of large joints with the help of modern methods of medical and physical therapy.
Borys Pustovoit, Yuri Klapchuk
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A preliminary examination of differential decomposition patterns in mass graves [PDF]
, 2014 This study represents a preliminary, quantitative approach to the examination of differential decomposition patterns in mass graves. Five pairs of mass graves, each containing the carcasses of 21 rabbits, were used to examine decomposition rates at four ...
Adlam +51 more
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Outcome of Gunshot Abdominal Injuries
The Annals of African Surgery, 2020 Aim: To describe prevalence, management and factors determining outcomes in patients presenting with gunshot abdominal injuries. Method: We retrospectively analysed all cases of gunshot to the abdomen received at Kenyatta National Hospital from October ...
Neville M. Bonko +7 more
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Prediction of blood back spatter from a gunshot in bloodstain pattern analysis
, 2016 A theoretical model for predicting and interpreting blood-spatter patterns resulting from a gunshot wound is proposed. The physical process generating a backward spatter of blood is linked to the Rayleigh-Taylor instability of blood accelerated toward ...
P. Comiskey +3 more
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Pediatric intracranial gunshot wounds: the Memphis experience.
Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, 2016 OBJECTIVE Penetrating brain injury in civilians is much less common than blunt brain injury but is more severe overall. Gunshot wounds (GSWs) cause high morbidity and mortality related to penetrating brain injury; however, there are few reports on the ...
M. DeCuypere +3 more
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Management of gunshot fractures to the extremities - A narrative review
Journal of Orthopaedic Reports, 2023 Objectives: To review the literature regarding antibiotic protocols, indications for formal irrigation, timing of debridement, and outcomes following fixation for low and high velocity gunshot fractures.
Cary Fletcher
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