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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Gunshot wounds"”.
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Gunshot wounds to the male external genitalia
… study of male patients that suffered gunshot wounds to the extental genitalia from August 1997 to September 2006. This study also reviews the literature and compares treatment methods locally and internationally.
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Detection and significance of blood in firearms used in contact gunshot wounds
… establishing the manner of death, since contact gunshot wounds are seldom seen in cases of homicidal or accidental death. It has been reported that muzzle-target distance can be confirmed by detection of blood back spatter on the inner and outer surfaces of the weapons. To determine whether this …
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Damage control laparatomy for abdominal gunshot wounds: indications, mortality and long term outcomes
… to damage control laparotomy (DCL) for abdominal gunshot wounds (GSWs) remains relatively unknown. There is limited evidence as to which variables may reliably predict morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of DCL on long term morbidity and survival, to determine …
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Selective non-operative management of abdominal gunshot wounds at Groote Schuur Hospital : a cohort study of clinical outcomes and financial costs
… non-operative management (SNOM) of abdominal gunshot wounds is a practice that is becoming more common in major urban trauma centres. With increasing levels of violence, SNOM offers a useful method for managing injured patients. Historically, operative management of blunt and penetrating …
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Distinguishing homicides and suicides in firearm fatalities: the role of skeletal trauma analysis
… skeletal trauma analysis documenting the gunshot trauma to the skull as consistent with the passage of a high velocity projectile under the chin and through the cranial cavity. The anthropological report was part of a multidisciplinary effort to finally address the questions surrounding …
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A detailed study of persons admitted to the spinal unit of conradie hospital, Pinelands, Cape, during 1985.
… and while Motor Vehicle Accidents, Falls and Gunshot wounds are commonly described in the literature as causes of s.c.i., what is unique at the Conradie Hospital is the high percentage of stab wounds (29,6%) causing spinal cord lesions. 0 The method of injury in patients coming from Cape Town …
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Amputation rate following tibia fractures with associated popliteal artery injuries
… age of 31 years. Motor vehicle accidents and gunshot wounds constituted the mechanism in 17 and 11 patients respectively. Twenty-one were polytrauma victims. Intra/extra16 articular metaphyseal fractures (OTA 41 A-C) were recorded in 19 and diaphyseal (OTA 42 A-C) in 7 patients. Primary …
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Novel Approach to Junctional Bleeding: Tourniquet Device Proposal for Battlefield Hemorrhage Control
… trauma has transformed from commonly seen gunshot wounds to more extreme trauma such as dismounted complex blast injuries which typically includes loss of one or more appendages. These newly found situations render the traditional tourniquet ineffective. Thus, the development of a new …
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Soft tissue Reconstruction of Gustilo-Anderson Grade IIIB Open Extra-Articular Tibial Fractures at a Tertiary Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa: A Retrospective Case Series
… motor-vehicle accidents (n=6; 27.3%) and gunshot wounds (n=2; 9.1%). The commonest site of injury was the middle third of the tibia (n=13; 59.1%), distal third (n=7; 31.8%) and proximal third (n=2; 9.1%). Most patients (n=18; 81.8%) were debrided within 24 hours. The mean times for NPWT …
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Paediatric and Adolescent civilian gunshot injuries: a 10 year epidemiological study
… studies showed a decrease in paediatric civilian gunshot injuries following the introduction of the 2004 Firearms Control Act. This study examines the epidemiological trends of gunshot injuries in children from January 2011 to December 2020. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was …
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Penetrating injuries of the thoracic aorta and its branches
… is that most of our patients suffered stab wounds as compared to gunshot wounds noted in the Memphis. Buchan and Robbs in Durban reported on 52 patients who had penetrating cervicomediastinal vascular injury with a remarkably similar experience to our own in Cape Town with the exception of a …
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ALTERAZIONI MICROSCOPICHE DELLA DECOMPOSIZIONE:IMPLICAZIONI PER LA MEDICINA LEGALE
… is based on the diagnosis of the vitality of the wounds, to identifying the histological features useful to differentiate an intravital wound from a postmortem one. Macroscopic haemorrhagic infiltration of the fresh skin can be, in some cases, sufficient to reveal the vitality of the wound but in …
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Penetrating Abdominal Trauma: Spectrum of disease in a Level 1 Trauma Centre
… were 502 (62.4%) and 303 (37.6%) patients with gunshot and stab wounds, respectively. The majority were young men (762 – 94.7%) with a mean age of 28.3 (95%CI: 27.7-28.9) years. The median trauma scores were as follows: RTS – 7.84 (IQR: 7.00-7.84); ISS: 13 (IQR: 9-22), PATI: 6 (IQR: 1-14); and …