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Non-fatal suicide attempt by intentional stab wound: Clinical management, psychiatric assessment, and multidisciplinary considerations

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yes, 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   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Pneumocephalus in a patient with multiple stab wounds

open access: yesTurkish Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2017
Pneumocephalus is a complication of trauma to the chest and many iatrogenic interventions. It may arise due to systemic air embolism or retrograde cerebral venous air embolism which is an extremely rare complication.
Yusuf Savran   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Global illumination rendering versus volume rendering for the forensic evaluation of stab wounds using computed tomography

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
We compared three-dimensional (3D) CT images of stabbing victims subjected to volume-rendering (VR) or global illumination-rendering (GIR), a new technique now available for the reconstruction of 3D CT images.
Wataru Fukumoto   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dorsal vertebro-medullary stab wound: Two cases from Niamey National Hospital and review of literature

open access: yesInterdisciplinary 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
doaj   +1 more source

A pilot study examining garment severance damage caused by a trained sharp-weapon user [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The pilot study summarized in this paper aimed to raise awareness of a gap that exists in the forensic textile science literature about damage caused to clothing by trained sharp-weapon users.
Carr, D. J.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

A case of suicide with multiple stab wounds

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

The manner of death in a case with two stab wounds caused by two weapons: case report

open access: yesEgyptian 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
doaj   +1 more source

Penetrating Abdominal Injuries: Management Controversies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Penetrating abdominal injuries have been traditionally managed by routine laparotomy. New understanding of trajectories, potential for organ injury, and correlation with advanced radiographic imaging has allowed a shift towards non-operative management ...
Butt, Muhammad Umar   +2 more
core   +1 more source

REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS WITH NECK WOUNDS IN THE REMOTE POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD

open access: yesИзвестия высших учебных заведений. Поволжский регион: Медицинские науки, 2020
Background. To determine the need for types and the need to carry out rehabilitation measures in patients with neck wounds in the remote postoperative period.
V. V. Maslyakov   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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