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Cardiac Gunshot Injury [PDF]

JACC: Case Reports, 2021
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, Dinkar Bhasin, MD, Anunay Gupta, MD, H.S. Isser, MD, Sandeep Bansal, MD   +4 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]

Journal of Trauma and Injury, 2022
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, Seunghan Yu, Jung Hwan Lee, Byung Chul Kim, Hyuk Jin Choi   +4 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]

BMC Surgery, 2023
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, Igor A. Lurin, Ievgen Tsema, Lesia Malynovska, Maksym Gorobeiko, Andrii Dinets   +5 more
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Endophthalmitis Secondary to Occult Intraocular Eyelashes Following Perforating Gunshot Injury: A Case Report [PDF]

International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2022
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, Leila M, Ghoraba HH, Abdelfattah HM, Elgemai EEM   +4 more
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“Shot to the Heart”: Case Report and Concise Review of Cardiac Gunshot Injury [PDF]

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2020
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, Rajeev Virender Seecheran MBBS, Valmiki Krishna Seecheran MBBS, Sangeeta Anjali Persad MBBS, Cathy-Lee Jagdeo MBBS, DM, Naveen Anand Seecheran MBBS, MSc, FACP, FRCP, FACC, FESC, FSCAI   +5 more
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Complete bulbar urethral transection with penile fracture after a gunshot injury in a child; a rare and challenging case [PDF]

Urology Case Reports, 2022
Urethral injuries are infrequent, and management is challenging. We present a case of urethral transection associated with a penile fracture following gunshot injury.
Amila De Silva, Sajeevan Pramananthan, Jithmal Meegoda   +2 more
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Gunshot liver injuries grade I-III and related liver enzyme values [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2018
Background/Aim. The liver is one of the most commonly injured solid organ in patients with abdominal gunshot wounds. The aim of this study was to investigate correlation between aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels ...
Radunović Miodrag, Vuković Marko, Radojević Nemanja, Lazović Ranko, Radunović Miroslav   +4 more
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Gunshot injuries in the spine [PDF]

Spinal Cord, 2014
Review article.To review the literature regarding treatment approaches in cases of gunshot wounds (GSWs) affecting the spine.Brazil.Narrative review of medical literature.GSWs are an increasing cause of morbidity and mortality. Most patients with spinal GSW have complete neurological deficit.
Alexandre Fogaça Cristante, Allan Hiroshi de Araujo Ono, Raphael Martus Marcon, T E P de Barros Filho, Romero Pinto de Oliveira Bilhar   +4 more
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Experience in the Treatment of Wounds of Circulatory Organs in the Chest and Main Vessels of Other Localizations in Wartime

Український журнал серцево-судинної хірургії, 2022
The article presents the principles of providing care for injuries to the heart, aorta, pulmonary artery, or other main vessels. The described principles can be applied in the treatment of civil injuries. The aim.
Nazar Z. Hrabovskyy
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Retrieval of ferromagnetic fragments from the lung using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and magnetic tool: a case report of combat patient injured in the war in Ukraine

International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background Gunshot wounds injury to the thorax is common in armed conflicts or war, including the war of Russia against Ukraine. Injury to the chest is associated with a high mortality or physical disability due to damage to the lungs, heart, and major ...
Igor Lurin, Eduard Khoroshun, Volodymyr Negoduiko, Volodymyr Makarov, Serhii Shypilov, Volodymyr Boroday, Maksym Gorobeiko, Andrii Dinets   +7 more
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