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Broken Knife Blade Completely Penetrating the Humerus: A Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]
Bulletin of Emergency and Trauma, 2020 We present a case of a 23-year-old male patient who presented with a blade knife completely wedged and penetrated on his humerus after a stab wound to his left upper extremity. On palpation, a foreign body was palpated under the skin on the deltoid area.
Mauricio Gonzalez-Urquijo +1 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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Age-related injury patterns resulting from knife violence in an urban population
Scientific Reports, 2022 Interpersonal violence involving knives is a major public health problem. The majority of patients are young people in urban areas, but little is known about age-specific patterns of injury and recent trends in injury characteristics.
P. Vulliamy +6 more
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Ulusal Travma Ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi-turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery, 2012 Shahriar Hashemzadeh +3 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021 Background The management of penetrating wounds is a rare challenge for trauma surgeons in Germany and Central Europe as a result of the low incidence of this type of trauma. In Germany, penetrating injuries are reported to occur in 4–5 % of the severely
D Bieler +6 more
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Complex Cardiac Stab Wound [PDF]
Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 2001 A 40-year-old man who was involved in an altercation received a stab wound to the chest, medial to the left nipple. He was brought to the emergency department at Baylor University Medical Center; immediate resuscitation was started and continued in the operating room, where continued bleeding after placement of the chest tube prompted emergency ...
B L, Hamman +5 more
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Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2012 Background: Suicide by means of self-inflicted stab wounds is relatively uncommon and little is known about this population and their management. Materials and Methods: Retrospective review of adult trauma patients admitted to our Level-1 trauma center ...
James M Badger +2 more
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Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2023 Background: Stab wounds are rare, accounting for around 25 % of all spinal cord injuries. They are the most frequent cause of penetrating wounds and occur mainly after an assault or suicide attempt.
Ibrahim Issa Assoumane +6 more
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The manner of death in a case with two stab wounds caused by two weapons: case report
Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2022 Background Stabbing is a relatively uncommon method of suicide. Typical suicide is usually associated with tentative wounds. Self-stabbing using two sharp weapons to produce two stab wounds without tentative marks is an uncommon incidence.
Abdurrab A. A. Kasim +6 more
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A case of suicide with multiple stab wounds
Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine, 2019 Multiple stab wounds are very common features of homicidal stabbing. The common findings differentiating homicidal and suicidal stabbing are well described in the medical literature.
Ganesh Raj Selvaraja +3 more
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