title: [Abdominal gunshot wounds. Ballistic data and practical management].
abstract: The mortality from abdominal gunshot wounds remains high, either in civilian or military cases. The severity factors of these wounds include bullet calibre and energy transfer of the missile. This paper studies some of the ballistics features of abdominal gunshot wounds. Practical guidelines are inferred concerning diagnosis and treatment of these wounds.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Chirurgicale, Hôpital d'instruction des Armées du Val-de-Grâce.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vicq
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jourdan
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Chapuis
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baranger
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy