کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3095514 1581472 2014 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Civilian Craniocerebral Gunshot Injuries in a Developing Country: Presentation, Injury Characteristics, Prognostic Indicators, and Complications
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
آسیب های ناشی از حملات غیرطبیعی مغزی در یک کشور در حال توسعه: ارائه، ویژگی های آسیب، شاخص های پیش آگهی، و عوارض
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی عصب شناسی
چکیده انگلیسی

BackgroundCivilian craniocerebral gunshot injuries (CGIs) are rare but increasing in incidence in the developing world and there is scare literature on presentation, injury characteristics, prognostic indicators, and complications of brain trauma due to projectiles.MethodsA retrospective review of 51 civilian patients with CGI who presented to the Aga Khan University Hospital between 1998 and 2011 was carried out. Presentation, injury characteristics, and complications were analyzed with emphasis on outcomes and prognostic indicators.ResultsThere were 43 male and 8 female patients with an average age of 28.92 (±12.33) years. Twenty-three patients had a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 13–15, 6 patients had a GCS score of 9–12, and 22 patients had a GCS score of 3–8 on admission. The overall mortality rate was 22% (n = 11). The most common postoperative neurologic deficits were motor deficits (19 patients) followed by aphasias (11 patients). On univariate analysis, admission GCS score and bi- or multilobar injuries were found to be highly predictive of neurologic outcome. There was no difference in outcomes between penetrating and perforating injuries. We also failed to find a statistically significant correlation between ventricular injury and outcomes in our patients.ConclusionAdmission GCS and number of lobes involved are highly prognostic of outcome. Patients with a GCS score ≥9 and unilobar injury on computed tomographic scans may benefit the most from surgical management.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: World Neurosurgery - Volume 82, Issues 1–2, July–August 2014, Pages 14–19
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