Analysis of 107 civilian craniocerebral gunshot wounds.
In this study, we present a retrospective analysis of 107 cases due to civilian craniocerebral gunshot wounds that were treated by the medical faculty of Dicle University during a period of 7 years (January 1993 to January 2000). Twenty patients died at the hospital, and the deaths were determined to result from direct effects of brain damage. Coma was the best prognostic guideline. Diffuse brain damage and ventricular injury, particularly infections, were associated with poor outcome.
Ozkan
Umit
U
Dicle Universitesi Tip fakültesi, Noroşirurji Anabilim Dali, 21280 Diyarbaki, Turkey. drumitozkan@yahoo.com
Kemaloğlu
Serdar
S
Ozateş
Mustafa
M
Aydin
Mehmet Dumlu
MD
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000401:mortality; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery