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Pelvic gunshot wound presenting as bladder clot concealing a left external iliac injury
Clinical Case Reports, 2023 Key clinical message This is the first reported case of a pelvic gunshot wound with a bladder injury masking a coinciding left external iliac artery injury. A high index of suspicion for an acute and traumatic ilio‐vesical fistula should be raised in the
Alain Mwamba Mukendi +1 more
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2023 Background War conflicts and terror-related injuries constitute a significant public health problem in Somalia. We aim to characterize and compare the injury characteristics of gunshot and blast injuries of the extremities.
Abdullahi Yusuf Mohamed +3 more
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Tracheotomy as a surgical access for removal of bullet in the trachea: A case report
Alexandria Journal of Medicine, 2018 Gunshot tracheal injury with retained bullet fragment inside the trachea presents a challenge for removal. The treatment of the tracheal injury depends on the magnitude of the tracheal wound and the presence of injury to adjacent organs.
Shankar Ramasundram +3 more
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Annals of Surgery, 1980 During a 15-year period from August 1964 to August 1979, 48 patients with gunshot wound of the esophagus (24 of the cervical, 17 of the thoracic, and seven of the abdominal) were treated at Grady Memorial Hospital. In the majority of the patients, the initial history, physical findings, and chest roentgenograms were nondiagnostic for esophageal injury.
Charles R. Hatcher +2 more
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Patterns of retroperitoneal trauma following gunshot violence: A case series
Trauma Case Reports, 2015 Introduction: Abdominal trauma is defined as any injury to the abdomen and its containing viscera. Common penetrating injuries including gunshot or stab injuries are increasing worldwide.
V.E. Onwochei +5 more
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Personal protective equipment (SIB) – bulletproof vests as objects of ballistic and medical-forensic research [PDF]
Известия Саратовского университета. Новая серия: Серия «Экономика. Управление. Право», 2022 Introduction. The cases of gunshot injuries (wounds) of persons using personal protective equipment (body armor based on textile and composite organoplastic armor), that occur in investigative and expert practice, require a comprehensive approach to ...
Gаrmanov, Vladimir V.
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Trauma Case Reports, 2018 Summary: Successful step-by-step treatment of a combined gunshot shrapnel injury of the brain, damaging the left middle cerebral artery (MCA) branches, and penetrating myocardium injury is discussed. Open brain and heart surgeries were performed.
Andrii Sirko +6 more
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Successfully managed grade IV renal injury and retained bullet in third-trimester pregnant woman
Urology Case Reports, 2020 Gunshot injury to the kidney in pregnant women is extremely rare describing a significant cause of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. This case report demonstrates the management of renal trauma by presenting 24years old third-trimester pregnant
Abdikarim Hussein Mohamed +3 more
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Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 2023 Purpose The effect of obesity in penetrating trauma outcomes is poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a protective effect of subcutaneous or visceral fat from stab and gunshot wounds.Methods 443 patients admitted after
Christopher Mejias +4 more
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Craniocerebral gunshot injury in newborn [PDF]
Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2012 Head wounds caused by firearms in newborns are an under-studied phenomenon in Latin America due to either the low frequency of such events or inadequate documentation. Nonetheless, a progressive increase is noted, with different frequencies reported for different geographic areas. We present the case of a 28-day-old newborn who suffered traumatic brain
Carlos B. Dabdoub +5 more
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