“Shot to the Heart”: Case Report and Concise Review of Cardiac Gunshot Injury [PDF]
Penetrative cardiac injury can often result in life-threatening sequelae such as myocardial contusion or rupture, coronary vessel and valvular damage, pericardial effusion with tamponade, and arrhythmias of which gunshot injury is a chief culprit.
Tiffany Kawall MBBS +5 more
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Gunshot injury to the colon by expanding bullets in combat patients wounded in hybrid period of the Russian-Ukrainian war during 2014–2020 [PDF]
Background A gunshot wound to the colon is a frequent injury in armed conflicts. An example of a high-energy modern weapon is hollow-point bullets, which is associated with increased tissue damage and lethal outcome. The aim of this study was to evaluate
Kostiantyn Gumeniuk +5 more
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Experience and successful treatment of craniocerebral gunshot injury at a regional trauma center in Korea: a case report and literature review [PDF]
Craniocerebral gunshot injuries is gradually increasing in the civilian population with a worse prognosis than closed head trauma. We experienced a case of craniocerebral gunshot injury which a bullet penetrating from the submandibular area into the ...
Mahnjeong Ha +4 more
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Penetrating cardiac injuries carry a grave prognosis. We present a rare case of thoracic gunshot injury where the bullet ricocheted and lodged in the pericardium without causing damage to the adjacent cardiac structures.
Jeetesh Jain, MD +4 more
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Endophthalmitis Secondary to Occult Intraocular Eyelashes Following Perforating Gunshot Injury: A Case Report [PDF]
Hammouda Hamdy Ghoraba,1 Mahmoud Leila,2 Hashem H Ghoraba,1 Haithem Maamoun Abdelfattah,3 Emad Eldin Mohamed Elgemai4 1Retina Department, Magrabi Eye Hospital, Tanta, Egypt; 2Retina Department, Research Institute of Ophthalmology, Giza, Egypt ...
Ghoraba HH +4 more
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Atypical Trajectory of Gunshot Injury
Gunshot injuries are common medical-legal issues. Atypical tract lines resulting from this type of injuries cause difficulties in diagnosis and treatment. In this paper, a gunshot injury on the right anterior thigh extending to the right hemithorax was presented.
Mert, Aygün, Cumhur Murat, Tulay
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Total hip arthroplasty after hip joint gunshot injury
Background: Gunshot injury of the hip joint was reported to constitute 2–17% of all extremity firearm injuries. However, there are few studies in the literature related to gunshot injuries of the hip joint. The aim of the current study was to present the
Ozhan Pazarci +3 more
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This datasheet on gunshot injury covers Identity, Hosts/Species Affected, Diagnosis.
A. Haouimi, Pir Abdul Ahad Aziz Qureshi
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Penetrating gunshot injury is a rarely seen but a life threatening condition. Priorly stabilization of the patient’s vital signs with saline infusion, and compression of bleeding sites should be provided.
Kaya, Adnan +3 more
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Utility of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and surgical magnets for management of the patient with gunshot injury to the heart and pericardium in Russia-Ukraine war [PDF]
Background Russia-Ukraine war is associated with various kinds of ballistic injuries because of the application of all kinds of weapons. Gunshot injury to the heart and pericardium is rare and associated with high mortality.
Igor Lurin +7 more
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