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Gunshot wounds to the face result in substantial loss of bone and soft tissues, which leads to significant functional and aesthetic deficits. Management of facial gunshot wounds remains controversial, especially the timing of surgical treatment and the ...
Risimati Ephraim Rikhotso+1 more
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Audit of gunshot injuries in a southern Nigerian tertiary hospital
Background: There is a dearth of data on ballistic related injury from developing countries. The pattern of gunshot injuries from Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State is yet to be evaluated.
Nottidge TE+3 more
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Officer-Involved Shootings in Anchorage 1993–2013 [PDF]
This report describes situational, officer, and citizen characteristics of the 45 officer-involved shootings in Anchorage for the period 1 Jan 1993 through 11 May 2013 as recorded in Anchorage Police Department (APD) criminal investigation files.
Payne, Troy C.
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Development of a synthetic bone and tissue model to simulate overmatch military ballistic head injury [PDF]
A synthetic bone and tissue head model was built using sequential experiments and tested against impacts with 7.62 x 39 mm MSC ammunition. The key experiment in this series was a forensic reconstruction of two military head injury gunshot wounds.
Mahoney, Peter F.
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Operative and nonoperative management for renal trauma. Comparison of outcomes. A systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: Preservation of kidney and renal function is the goal of nonoperative management (NOM) of renal trauma (RT). The advantages of NOM for minor blunt RT have already been clearly described, but its value for major blunt and penetrating RT is ...
Brachini, Gioia+6 more
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The rapid delivery of care for penetrating traumatic injury, such as gunshot wounds, is essential to minimizing the morbidity and mortality rate. It is highly unusual for a patient who has sustained a firearm injury to present over 24 h after the event ...
Rebecca Siegel+2 more
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Spinal injuries are frequent traumas with high mortality and morbidity. Spinal gunshot injury-related rhabdomyolysis is a condition which develops in approximately half of the patients.
Birol Özkal
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Organ injuries in civilian gunshot trauma
Introduction: In the countries where firearm possession is illegal, the gunshot traumas are very rare. However, even in these countries they remain as a significant health problem and affect both adult and pediatric populations.
Leszek Sułkowski, Maciej Matyja
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Prediction of Workplace Injuries [PDF]
Workplace injuries result in substantial human and financial losses. As reported by the International Labour Organization (ILO), there are more than 374 million work-related injuries reported every year. In this study, we investigate the problem of injury risk prediction and prevention in a work environment.
arxiv
Gunshot Injuries by the Rifles of Reduced Calibre [PDF]
LOUIS A. LA GARDE
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