Gunshot Injuries to the Head
Kasper EM, Algethami H, Takroni R, Kasper BS (2024)
Publication Type: Authored book
Publication year: 2024
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
ISBN: 9783031470066
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-47006-6_63
Abstract
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a major cause of death and disability worldwide, and missile-induced TBI remains the deadliest of all traumas since first reported and has always been associated with high mortality and morbidity. It also results in significant socioeconomic burden to the health care system. The prevalence of TBI secondary to gunshots is geographically strikingly variable and reflects the global scenery of violence as well as access to weaponry. Injuries from gunshot wounds (GSW) to the head place an extreme economic burden on the public while disabling most victims in the zenith of their life and imposing enormous medical, legal, and emotional costs. Since every gun/projectile combination is associated with a typical pattern of injury, war injuries differ significantly from others. We will focus here on predominantly penetrating civilian gunshot wounds with low muzzle velocity (<1000 f/s) as they occur in the setting of homicide, and suicide attempts or during domestic and hunting accidents as well as during legal interventions. Many surgeons rushed patients to the OR over the last 30 years, and they have achieved a remarkable reduction in morbidity from well above 50% to less than 25%, even in patients admitted with severe brain injury. However, in the setting of increasingly limited resources, recent research focus has shifted toward more precise prediction of survival as well as on better functional outcome.
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APA:
Kasper, E.M., Algethami, H., Takroni, R., & Kasper, B.S. (2024). Gunshot Injuries to the Head. Springer International Publishing.
MLA:
Kasper, Ekkehard M., et al. Gunshot Injuries to the Head. Springer International Publishing, 2024.
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