Experience of Penetrating Gunshot Wound on Head in Korea
| Title: | Experience of Penetrating Gunshot Wound on Head in Korea |
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| Authors: | Hong Rye Kim, Seung Je Go, Young Hoon Sul, Jin Bong Ye, Jin Young Lee, Jung Hee Choi, Seoung Myoung Choi, Yook Kim, Su Young Yoon |
| Source: | Journal of Trauma and Injury, Vol 31, Iss 2, Pp 82-86 (2018) |
| Publisher Information: | Korean Society of Traumatology, 2018. |
| Publication Year: | 2018 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid |
| Subject Terms: | wounds, penetrating, gunshot, craniocerebral trauma, Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, RC86-88.9 |
| More Details: | Craniocerebral gunshot injuries (CGIs) are extremely seldom happened in Korea because possession of individual firearm is illegal. So, CGIs are rarely encountered by Korean neurosurgeons or Korean trauma surgeons, though in other developing countries or Unites states of America their cases are indefatigably increasing. Management goal should focus on early aggressive, vigorous resuscitation. The treatments consist of immediate life salvage through correction of coagulopathy, intracranial decompression, prevention of infection and preservation of nervous tissue. There have been few studies involving penetrating CGIs in Korea. Here we present a case of penetrating gunshot wound in Korea. We present a 58-year-old man who was unintentionally shot by his colleague with a shotgun. The patients underwent computed tomography (CT) for assessment of intracranial injury. The bullet passed through the left parietal bone and right lateral ventricle and exited through the posterior auricular right temporal bone. After CT scan, he arrested and the cardiopulmonary resuscitation was conducted immediately. But we were unable to resuscitate him. This case report underscores the importance of the initial clinical exam and CT studies along with adequate resuscitation to make the appropriate management decision. Physicians should be familiar with the various injury patterns and imaging findings which are poor prognostic indicators. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English Korean |
| ISSN: | 1738-8767 2287-1683 |
| Relation: | http://www.jtraumainj.org/upload/pdf/jti-31-082.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/1738-8767; https://doaj.org/toc/2287-1683 |
| DOI: | 10.20408/jti.2018.31.2.82 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/e8f4a339a5d74698a78da016a02f1df9 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.8f4a339a5d74698a78da016a02f1df9 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 17388767 22871683 |
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| DOI: | 10.20408/jti.2018.31.2.82 |
| Published in: | Journal of Trauma and Injury |
| Language: | English Korean |