Cranial gunshot wounds.
Cranial gunshot wounds frequently produce devastating injuries to central nervous system structures. This article reviews pertinent principles of ballistics to explain several mechanisms of injury to the brain. A series of 21 consecutive cases of cranial gunshot wounds is presented outlining a protocol for management and identifying factors of prognostic significance.
Kanoff
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Division of Neurosurgery, Metropolitan Hospitals and Osteopathic Medical Center, Philadelphia.
Moncman
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Henick
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King
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*