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Clinical presentation and management outcome of abdominal stab wounds in a low-resource setting: experience of a central hospital in Sudan [PDF]

International Journal of Emergency Medicine
Background Abdominal stab injuries are a major public health concern worldwide, especially in African countries. This study aimed to examine the presentation patterns and management outcomes of abdominal stab wounds. Methods This descriptive, prospective,
Mohamed Soud Mohamed Saadeldien, Mohamed Daffalla Awadalla Gismalla, Adam Mohamed Ibrahim Adam, Aimen Elsheikh Khalil Abuelnour, Mustafa Abdullah Alhamed   +4 more
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Fiberoptic bronchoscopy-guided endotracheal intubation in prone position for a patient with a thoracic spinal stab wound: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Position changes in patients with thoracic spinal stab wounds may cause displacement of embedded sharp objects, increasing the risk of spinal cord or surrounding tissue injury.
Jianwei Zhou, Kailai Zhu, Chuanguang Wang, Ye Zhu   +3 more
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Abdominal stab wound with an unusual presentation: A case report [PDF]

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
The forensic literature has described unusual wounds of entry into fatal stab wounds that are rarely found in autopsies. Stab wounds are considered fatal injuries when they occur in vital organs.
Darshan Galoria, Arijit Datta, Srushti Shukla, Pradip Rana, Preeti Tiwari, Dhara Goswami   +5 more
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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, Mario Zambrano Lara   +1 more
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Subcutaneous and visceral fat are associated with worse outcomes in gunshot injuries but not stab injuries to the torso

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, Mark Hoegger, Jason Snyder, Constantine Raptis, Vincent Mellnick   +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, K. Hancorn, S. Glasgow, A. West, R. A. Davenport, K. Brohi, M. P. Griffiths   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Penetrating injuries in Germany – epidemiology, management and outcome an analysis based on the TraumaRegister DGU®

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, E Kollig, L Hackenberg, JH Rathjen, R Lefering, A Franke, the Committee on Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care and Trauma Management(Sektion NIS) of the German Trauma Society (DGU)   +6 more
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Frequency of intra-abdominal organ injury is higher in patients with concomitant stab wounds to other anatomical areas

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2018
Background Management of stable patients with abdominal stab wound remains controversial, particularly for those with no clear indications for explorative laparotomy.
Igor Jeroukhimov, Itay Wiser, Yehuda Hershkovitz, Zahar Shapira, Kobi Peleg, Ricardo Alfici, Adi Givon, Israeli Trauma Group, Boris Kessel   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Wounding patterns and human performance in knife attacks: optimising the protection provided by knife-resistant body armour [PDF]

, 2003
Stab attacks generate high loads,1 and to defeat them, armour needs to be of a certain thickness and stiffness.2,3 Slash attacks produce much lower loads and armour designed to defeat them can be far lighter and more flexible.Methods and subjects: Phase
Bleetman, A, Champion, Stephen M., Horsfall, Ian, Watson, Celia H.   +3 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, M A, Lovitt, G J, Matter, D B, Glamann, S T, High, S S, Bruce   +5 more
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