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When to Operate on Abdominal Gunshot Wounds [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery, 2002
Historically, penetrating abdominal trauma was managed expectantly until the late 19 th century. In World War I, with the high mortality and morbidity associated with penetrating abdominal trauma, operative management replaced expectant management.
A, Salim, G C, Velmahos
exaly   +4 more sources

Gunshot wounds to the buttock and contralateral thigh presenting with intestinal injury without history of abdominal trauma. Case report

Trauma Case Reports, 2017
We present a clinical case of a patient who sustained a gunshot wounds to his right buttock (entrance), left thigh (exit), and right thumb, as well as intestinal injuries without history of abdominal trauma.
Makgabo John Tladi
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The treatment results of patients with postoperative ventral hernias after multi-stage surgery of open abdominal gunshot wounds (improvement of hernioplasty-technique)

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2020
Aim: to compare a new technique of the tension-free abdominal wall repair for postoperative ventral hernia after multi-stage surgery of open abdominal gunshot wounds with the open traditional and laparoscopic approaches.Materials and methods.
R. V. Gybalo, Ie. V. Tsema, A. I. Batiuk
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Delayed inferior vena cava-to-right ventricle bullet embolism following abdominal gunshot injury in somalia: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Introduction Bullet embolism is an uncommon consequence of gunshot wounds, with venous migration to the right heart reported sporadically in the literature.
Mohamed Abdulkadir Mohamed, Sisay Bekele Woldemichael, Mohamed Mustaf Ahmed, Najib Isse Dirie   +3 more
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Iliac Arteriovenous Fistula and Pseudoaneurysm Secondary to Gunshot Trauma [PDF]

Diagnostics
Abdominal arteriovenous fistula [AVF] is a rare but serious complication of penetrating trauma, often associated with high morbidity and mortality. This report presents the case of a 24-year-old male who sustained multiple gunshot wounds, leading to the ...
Ibrahim Akbudak, Muhammed Tekinhatun, Mehmet Sait Duyu, Fatih Cihan   +3 more
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Abdominal vascular hemorrhage

Surgery Open Science, 2022
Major abdominal vascular injuries are noted in 5%–10% of patients undergoing laparotomy for blunt trauma. In contrast, injuries to named abdominal vessels are present in 20%–25% of patients undergoing laparotomy after gunshot wounds and in 10% after stab
David V. Feliciano, MD, FACS, MAMSE
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Abdominal Injuries from Civilian Conflicts: An Emerging Global Health Challenge in Rural Southeast Nigeria

Annals of Global Health, 2023
Background: In recent time, incidence of abdominal injuries continues to increase steadily in most major regions of West Africa due to emergence of various religious, social and political conflicts.
Aloysius Ugwu-Olisa Ogbuanya, Nonyelum Benedett Ugwu, Nwanneka Kwento, Edwin Ifeanyi Enyanwuma, Ferdinand Friday Anyigor, Utom Oko   +5 more
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EVALUATION OF ABDOMINAL BULLET INJURIES IN BASRAH GENERAL HOSPITAL (A PROSPECTIVE STUDY) [PDF]

Basrah Journal of Surgery, 2006
EVALUATION OF ABDOMINAL BULLET INJURIES IN BASRAH GENERAL HOSPITAL (A PROSPECTIVE STUDY) Jabar K Jassim#, Mazin H Al-Hawaz@, Mazin A Abdellah& #FICMS Candidate, Basrah General Hospital, @Professor of Surgery, Head of Dept.of Surgery, College of Medicine,
Mazin A Abdellah, Mazin H Al-Hawaz, Jabar K Jassim   +2 more
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Migration of foreign bodies of firearms origin

Український журнал клінічної хірургії, 2023
Objective. To analyse the results of diagnosis and treatment of wounded with gunshot combat trauma, in which foreign body migration was recorded, and to determine their optimal algorithm. Materials and methods.
I. A. Lurin, E. M. Khoroshun, V. V. Negoduyko, V. V. Makarov, Y. V. Klapchuk, O. V. Buchneva, I. V. Verevkin, R. V. Salyutin   +7 more
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MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC FEATURES OF FIREARM PENETRATING ABDOMINAL INJURIES WITH DAMAGE TO THE APPENDIX

Клінічна та профілактична медицина, 2023
Introduction. In the structure of combat abdominal trauma during all periods of hostilities (according to ATO/JFO data), gunshot wounds dominated, accounting for 87.1%.
Eduard M. Khoroshun, Volodymyr V. Nehoduiko, Vitaly V. Makarov, Serhiy I. Panasenko, Tamara P. Yakymova, Serhii V. Tertyshnyi   +5 more
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