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A comparison of penetration and damage caused by different types of arrowheads on loose and tight fit clothing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Bows and arrows are used more for recreation, sport and hunting in the Western world and tend not to be as popular a weapon as firearms or knives. Yet there are still injuries and fatalities caused by these low-velocity weapons due to their availability ...
Beattie, Eilidh   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Indirect blast rupture of the pancreas with a primary unperforated blast injury of the duodenum [PDF]

open access: yesVojnosanitetski Pregled, 2006
Background. To present a patient with an indirect blast rupture of the head of pancreas, as well as with a blast contusion of the duodenum following abdominal gunshot injury. Case report.
Ignjatović Dragan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Wormian Bone, Mimicking an Entry Gunshot Wound of the Skull, in an Anthropological Specimen [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Wormian bones (WB) are irregular small cranial ossicles found along suture lines and fontanels. In Brazil, gunshot wounds to the skull are quite common in young individuals.
Cunha, E   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Operative and nonoperative management for renal trauma. Comparison of outcomes. A systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
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
core   +1 more source

Paraplegia Following Spinal Cord Contusion from an Indirect Gunshot Injury

open access: yesKorean Journal of Neurotrauma, 2018
Spinal cord injuries are debilitating and life threatening. Paraplegia due to direct traumatic gunshot injury to the spinal cord is common. The most common cause of spinal cord injury is road traffic accidents.
Khuram Khan   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Determined to die! Ability to act following multiple self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head. The cook county office of medical examiner experience (2005-2012) and review of literature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Cases of multiple (considered 2+) self-inflicted gunshot wounds are a rarity and require careful examination of the scene of occurrence; thorough consideration of the decedent’s psychiatric, medical, and social histories; and accurate postmortem ...
Barnes   +15 more
core   +1 more source

Compartment Syndrome Following Arthroscopic Removal of a Bullet in the Knee Joint after a Low-Velocity Gunshot Injury

open access: yesClinics in Orthopedic Surgery, 2016
Gunshot injuries are getting more frequently reported while the civilian (nongovernmental) armament increases in the world. A 42-year-old male patient presented to emergency room of Istanbul Medipol University Hospital due to a low-velocity gunshot ...
Mert Keskinbora   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Penetrating gunshot wounds to the penis: a case report of combat patient injured in the war in Ukraine

open access: yesInternational Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background The current war in Ukraine is associated with frequent applications of multiple-launch rocket systems and cruise missiles as well as other various high-energy weapons to cause severe injuries in military personnel including abdomen wounds ...
Sergiy Golovko   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Shot in the womb

open access: yesJournal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2018
A fetus surviving a prenatal penetrating gunshot injury is rarely encountered. We report the case of a 26-week pregnant mother shot in the abdomen. Her uterine wound was missed at exploration, and when the baby was born 6 weeks later, the bullet was ...
Dylan Hutchison   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experimental investigation of animals survival adequacy and efficacy in case of their soft tissues gunshot wounds using the thermometry technique

open access: yesJournal of Education, Health and Sport, 2022
The problem of gunshot wounds treatment is one of the urgent and incompletely resolved issues of modern surgery. Diagnosis of gunshot wounds is currently not efficient enough.
I. Lurin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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