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The mechanics of stab wounding
Forensic Science International, 1994The dynamics of stab wounds were investigated using a load cell connected to microcomputer-based measuring equipment. Two types of knife blade were attached to the load cell to assess the characteristics of stab wounds caused in pig tissue. The results show that as the blade progresses through the tissue it is resisted mostly by the skin, but a ...
S, Jones, L, Nokes, S, Leadbeatter
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Stab Wounds to the Temporal Fossa
Neurosurgery, 1988Abstract Stab wounds to the temporal fossa appear as a characteristic clinical entity. Patients admitted with stab wounds to the head during the period 1970 to 1986 were reviewed retrospectively. Of these, 10 met the criteria of having suffered a stab wound that penetrated the skull and dura mater of the temporal fossa.
C S, Haworth, J C, de Villiers
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Stab wounds at the craniocervical junction
Neurosurgery, 1985Abstract Between 1976 and 1984, 11 patients with stab wounds at the craniocervical junction were seen in the Department of Neurosurgery at Groote Schuur Hospital. The injury usually occurred in males, and the left side was predominantly involved.
J C, de Villiers, A R, Grant
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The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1976
This paper reviews a 30-month experience with 172 patients suffering abdominal stab wounds treated at the Denver General Hospital, during a period when policy included liberal sinography and all penetrating injuries were explored. Laparotomy was performed in 87%.
G E, Aragón, B, Eiseman
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This paper reviews a 30-month experience with 172 patients suffering abdominal stab wounds treated at the Denver General Hospital, during a period when policy included liberal sinography and all penetrating injuries were explored. Laparotomy was performed in 87%.
G E, Aragón, B, Eiseman
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Forensic Science, 1975
Knife stabbing is a relatively frequent cause of both serious wounding and homicide in Britain. It arises in two main situations, firstly in youthful gang fights, football hooliganism etc., where the stabbings are not often fatal; secondly, in domestic disputes between husband and wife, where death is often the final consequence.
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Knife stabbing is a relatively frequent cause of both serious wounding and homicide in Britain. It arises in two main situations, firstly in youthful gang fights, football hooliganism etc., where the stabbings are not often fatal; secondly, in domestic disputes between husband and wife, where death is often the final consequence.
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Pneumopericardium following stab wound
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2009A 42-year-old man was transferred from a psychiatric hospital with thoracic stab wounds after a suicide attempt (fig 1A). Due to patient stability, we performed an emergency computed tomography (CT), revealing the presence of pneumopericardium (fig 1B). The patient was …
M, Konstantinou +5 more
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ASYMPTOMATIC STAB WOUNDS OF THE CHEST
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1994In a prospective study of 4,106 consecutive cases of initially asymptomatic stab wounds of the chest, 88% were successfully treated as outpatients after negative findings on a repeat chest x-ray film 6 hours after presentation, 12% of patients required tube thoracostomy for delayed pneumothoraces of hemothoraces, 0.2% required thoracotomy for delayed ...
G J, Ordog +3 more
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Posterior Abdominal Stab Wounds
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1981Selective management of 465 patients with stab wounds limited to the posterior abdomen is reviewed. Celiotomy was based primarily on clinical findings. Tenderness not localized to the area of injury and absent or rare bowel sounds best identified patients with serious injuries. Peritoneal lavage and local wound exploration were used infrequently.
J J, Peck, T V, Berne
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Stab wounds of the innominate artery
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1996Innominate artery stab wounds are rarely encountered, and the optimal management of this injury is different from that of blunt innominate injury in that permanent bypass shunting should not be necessary.The records of 19 patients with stab wounds of the innominate artery who were treated by our department from January 1982 to June 1995 were reviewed ...
J O, Fulton +2 more
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Suicidal Stab Wounds of the Throat
Medicine, Science and the Law, 1991Suicide by stabbing one's throat remains very rare and very few cases have been reported in the forensic literature. In such cases, the important distinction is between suicide and homicide. The direction of stab wounds, their depth, site and number have particular importance in helping to recognize suicide.
A, Chadly +3 more
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