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A simple clinical examination is highly reliable at identifying gunshot victims who require aggressive treatment or who are risk of lasting neurological deficits.
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The hospitals in Johannesburg deal with about 4,000 gunshot wounds a year. Although most are from hand guns, a number are from high velocity, military-type weapons. Extensive experience has been built up and many lessons learned. Attention is directed to the actual damage inflicted rather than on theoretical predictions based...

General Management:
- tetanus prophylaxis and antibiotics as necessary;
- wound management is greatly influenced by the velocity of the bullet;
- arterial injuries:
- compartment syndrome:
- nerve injury:

We have investigated the role of retained bullets and other possible risk factors in the development of local septic complications after gunshot wounds (GSW) of the spine. Of 153 patients with GSW of the spine followed up for a mean of 28 months, the overall incidence of bullet wound related...

The incidence of bullet wounds in civilian trauma has increased in many parts of the world, sometimes approaching epidemic level. For surgeons with limited experience there is a bewildering range of apparently contradictory advice on management. An attempt to clarify this for gunshot injuries of the limbs, without major vascular injury,...

Gunshot fractures are increasing in frequency in most of the European countries. It is very likely that civilian orthopaedic surgeons will be required to manage gunshot fractures of the extremities with frequencies that demands understanding of the principles of ballistic injury and familiarise with the nature of low and high...

The authors review 118 operative brachial plexus gunshot wounds (GSWs), causing 293 element injuries that were managed over a 30-year period at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC). Retrospective chart reviews were performed. Using the LSUHSC grading system for motor sensory function, each element's grades were combined and averaged.
Penetrating...

Gunshot wounds are not your everyday ordinary problems. But they do occur with some regularity in the United States. In fact, there are a reported 80,000 nonfatal gunshot wounds every year. The average orthopedic surgeon won't see a steady flow of these patients, but still must be prepared for any...