title: [Injuries of the extremities caused by high energy gunshots and land-mines].
abstract: Hospital records of patients who had extremity injuries caused by high energy gunshots and and land-mines and treated in Sirnak Military Hospital between January 1997 and July 1999 were reviewed retrospectively. Among 236 cases 147 (62.3%) had lower extremity wounds and 89 (37.7%) had upper extremity wounds. The most frequently injured part was hands for the upper extremity and feet for the lower extremity. The most dramatic wounds were caused by stepping on anti personnel mines trapped with anti tank mines. The localization and the extension of the wounds varies with type and power of the gun, the position of the victim at the time of explosion and the distance between the victim and the gun.
authors.affiliation: Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Uzmani.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doğan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oğuz
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Celen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005107:Explosions; D005121:Extremities / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005389:Firearms; D006772:Hospitals, Military / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery