Outcome and rational management of civilian gunshot injuries to the brain-retrospective analysis of patients treated at the Helsinki University Hospital from 2000 to 2012.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Treatment of gunshot wounds of the brain (GSWB) remains controversial and there is high variation in reported survival rates (from < 10 to > 90%) depending on the etiology and country. We retrospectively analyzed the outcome of a series of consecutive GSWB patients admitted alive to a level 1 trauma center in a safe high-income welfare country with a low rate of homicidal gun violence.

Methods

Patients admitted due to a GSWB to the HUS Helsinki University Hospital during 2000-2012 were identified from hospital discharge registry and log books of the emergency room and ICU. CT scans and medical records of these patients were reviewed. Univariate analysis and backward logistic regression were performed, and their results compared with that of a systematic literature

SUBMITTER: Frosen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6581925 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature