title: Analysis of 107 civilian craniocerebral gunshot wounds.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dicle Universitesi Tip fakültesi, Noroşirurji Anabilim Dali, 21280 Diyarbaki, Turkey. drumitozkan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Umit
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ozkan
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kemaloğlu
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozateş
authors.forename: Mehmet Dumlu
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Aydin
mesh_terms: 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