title: [Gunshot wounds. Our experience].
abstract: Abdominal gunshot wounds may result in elevated morbidity and mortality. The optimal management is still controversial. The authors report on their experience with treatment of 49 patients. In all patients the PATI score was used to identify trauma and all were treated surgically. Laparoscopy was employed only in one patient. The mortality was 2% and the morbidity 6%. The authors conclude that the PATI score correlated well with morbidity and mortality. Resuscitation with immediate surgical treatment may reduce the morbidity and mortality rates.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgia Generale, Università degli Studi di Messina.
authors.forename: Maria Antonietta
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gioffrè Florio
authors.forename: Fausto
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Famà
authors.forename: Grazia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gullo
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buccheri
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mazzei
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012802:Sicily / Q000453:epidemiology; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*