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Cranial gunshot wounds
R B Kanoff1, M G Moncman, W Henick
1Division of Neurosurgery, Metropolitan Hospitals and Osteopathic Medical Center, Philadelphia.
The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association
|June 1, 1990
Abstract:
Cranial gunshot wounds frequently produce devastating injuries to central nervous system structures. This article reviews pertinent principles of ballistics to explain several mechanisms of injury to the brain. A series of 21 consecutive cases of cranial gunshot wounds is presented outlining a protocol for management and identifying factors of prognostic significance.