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Transaortic gunshot wound through perivisceral segment successfully managed by placement of thoracic stent graft

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2018
We describe a 36-year-old woman who presented to our facility after sustaining a gunshot wound to the epigastric region. The gunshot resulted in injury to the left lobe of the liver and the twelfth thoracic vertebral body as well as in a through-and ...
Jared T. Feyko, DO, Peter Zmijewski, MD, Cara Lyle, MD, Allison Wilson, MD, Luke Marone, MD   +4 more
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Outcomes in patients with gunshot wounds to the brain. [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction:Gunshot wounds to the brain (GSWB) confer high lethality and uncertain recovery. It is unclear which patients benefit from aggressive resuscitation, and furthermore whether patients with GSWB undergoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR ...
Babcock, Jessica M, Berne, John, Bosarge, Patrick, Bruns, Brandon, Cabral, Donna, Chang, Grace, Chestovich, Paul J, Chow, Kevin L, Claridge, Jeffrey, Corsa, Joshua G, Costantini, Todd W, Cragun, Benjamin, Curry, Terry, Fraifogl, Joanne, Goldenberg-Sandau, Anna, Grigorian, Areg, Guidry, Chrissy, Gulmatico, Jhoanna, Gurney, Onaona, Hamrick, Amy V, Hu, Parker, Kaafarani, Haytham, Kincaid, Michelle Y, Kongwibulwut, Manasnun, Kutcher, Matthew E, Ladhani, Husayn A, Lee, Jane K, Logan, Melissa S, Lottenberg, Lawrence, Lunardi, Nicole, Massetti, Jennifer, McNickle, Allison G, Mederos, Dalier R, Mount, Michael, Nahmias, Jeffry, Noorbaksh, Matthew, Olson, Erik J, Parks, Jonathan J, Pascual, Jose L, Philp, Frances H, Pigneri, Danielle A, Quispe, Juan Carlos, Rattan, Rishi, Robinson, Bryce, Robinson, Leigh Anna, Sakran, Joseph Victor, San Roman, Janika, Schreiber, Craig, Smith, Alison A, Solomon, Rachele, Spalding, Chance, Turco, Lauren M, Uhlich, Rindi, Usmani, Farooq, Weinberger, Jason, Winfield, Robert D   +55 more
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Management of gun shot injury in a tertiary hospital

Journal of Society of Surgeons of Nepal, 2016
Introduction: Gun shot injury is an uncommon surgical emergency . A timely and multidisciplinary management by surgical team is an essential factor in decreasing mortality and morbidity . This study highlights the multidisciplinary management of gun shot
A Joshi
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Penetrating injuries in dogs and cats: a study of 16 cases [PDF]

, 2008
The objective of this retrospective study was to assess radiographical and surgical findings, surgical management and outcome of penetrating injuries in dogs and cats by evaluating patient records.
De Rooster, Hilde, Risselada, M, Taeymans, O, van Bree, Henri   +3 more
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Healing Beams: Radiation and Radiotherapy in Novels, Poems, Music, Film, Painting

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, EarlyView.
Radiation and radiotherapy are perceived by patients and the general public as mysterious, dangerous and healing. The image of radiation and radiotherapy can be analysed by studying novels, poems, music, film and painting. Our paper reviews how radiation and radiotherapy are perceived by patients, the general public, as reflected in various art genres.
Ad A. Kaptein, Jan W. Schoones, Yvette M. van der Linden, Brian M. Hughes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Operative Management of a Sacral Gunshot Injury via Minimally Invasive Techniques and Instrumentation [PDF]

, 2013
Gunshot wounds to the spine account for 13% to 17% of all gunshot injuries and occur predominantly in the thoracic region. Minimally invasive spine surgery procedures implementing serial muscle dilation and the use of a tubular retracting system with a ...
Adamson, Anderson, Aryan, Christy, Denis, Dunne, Farmer, Fessler, Foley, Furlow, Guiot, Gunterberg, Gunterberg, Heary, Huang, Isaacs, Khoo, Klein, Kupcha, Levy, Medzon, Park, Perez-Cruet, Perez-Cruet, Raque, Samartzis, Sheikh, Shen, Singh, Six, Stevens, Tredway, Tredway, Vorob'ev, Wang, Werner, Wu   +36 more
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Delayed presentation of a firearm injury in a patient with recent use of phencyclidine: A case report

Trauma Case Reports, 2020
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, Babak Sarani, Andrew C. Meltzer   +2 more
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The Interactional Pathways of Mass Killings: Toward a Novel Understanding of Rampage School Shootings

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Rampage school shootings, where students go to their own school to randomly kill classmates, teachers, friends, and strangers, are among the most drastic types of human behavior. While research increasingly points to interaction dynamics as being key for the emergence of crime and violence, scholars have not yet systematically studied interaction ...
Anne Nassauer
wiley   +1 more source

Pain in traumatic upper limb amputees in Sierra Leone. [PDF]

, 2002
Data on 40 upper limb amputees (11 bilateral) with regard to stump pain, phantom sensation and phantom pain is presented. All the patients lost their limbs as a result of violent injuries intended to terrorise the population and were assessed 10-48 ...
Crombie, I K, Lacoux, P, Macrae, W A
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Nursing Problems of the Patient after Craniocerebral Trauma — Case Report

Pielęgniarstwo Neurologiczne i Neurochirurgiczne, 2018
Introduction. Cranial and cerebral injuries are an opened or closed brain damage coming into existence as a result of a short-lived mechanical factor affecting the skull. They constitute the most frequent cause of deaths amongst traumatic patients.
Anna Raszka, Anna Antczak-Komoterska, Karolina Filipska   +2 more
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