Gunshot wound to the pregnant uterus: case report.
Crime and violence have become a public health problem. Pregnant women have not been the exception and gunshot injuries occupy an important place as a cause of trauma. An important fact is that pregnant women, who suffer trauma, are special patients because pregnancy causes physiological and anatomical changes. Management of these patients should be multidisciplinary, by the general surgeon, the obstetrician and the neonatologist. However, even trauma referral centers could neither have the staff nor the ideal training for these specific cases. In this context we present the following case.
Humberto
H
Osnaya-Moreno
Tahitiana Abelina
TA
Zaragoza Salas
Jorge Armando
JA
Escoto Gomez
Marco Antonio
MA
Mondragon Chimal
Maria De Lourdes
Mde L
Torres Castaneda
Mauro
M
Jimenez Flores
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D049188:Prenatal Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D014599:Uterus / Q000293:injuries*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot; D055815:Young Adult