introduction: screening of patients with anterior abdominal penetrating trauma in need for laparotomy is an important issue in management of these cases. this study aimed to compare the accuracy of abdominal wall ultrasonography (awu) and local wound exploration (lwe) in this regard. methods: this diagnostic accuracy study was conducted on ≥ 18 year-old patients presenting to emergency departme...

Abstract Introduction Plastic surgery emergencies, such as facial trauma, burns, and gunshot wounds, are commonly presenting injuries to the emergency department. However, these topics rarely part of medical school curriculums few educational conferences exist on topics. Hence, we created a novel international student conference entitled “Emergencies in Surgery”. We then evaluated its effective...

An 18-year-old man was admitted to the Emergency Unit shortly after having a gunshot wound in the neck. The patient developed an acute flaccid tetraplegia combined with arreflexia and sphincter impairment. He was promptly intubated and immobilized with a cervical spine collar. Threedimensional (3D) cervical computed tomography (CT) scan showed the bullet trajectory with entrance on the right si...

Questions 1 and 2 refer to the following case. A 13-year-old boy presents to the emergency department with left ankle pain after a fall that occurred while he was playing football. After the injury, he was unable to bear weight and ambulate on the left ankle. Physical examination reveals significant edema around the ankle and tenderness to palpation medially and laterally. Motor and sensory fun...

Delayed cardiac tamponade after a penetrating chest injury is a rare complication. The clinical diagnosis of tamponade is facilitated with imaging. We present a case report of a 23-year-old male who was brought to emergency after multiple stab wounds to the chest. After resuscitation and repair of laceration of right internal mammary artery and right ventricle, he was discharged but later retur...

The majority of wounds encountered in the accident and emergency department are superficial in nature and a consequence of accidental trauma or the elective surgical incision of infected foci. The techniques of management of such cases have undergone few changes in recent years, and any advances of a practical or therapeutic nature have been comparatively modest. On the other hand, many major a...

BACKGROUND Closed suction drainage systems are frequently used to drain fluids, particularly blood, from surgical wounds. The aim of these systems is to reduce the occurrence of wound haematomas and infection. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of closed suction drainage systems for orthopaedic surgery. SEARCH STRATEGY We searched the Cochrane Bone, Joint and Muscle Trauma Group Speci...

INTRODUCTION: We aimed to analyze the data of patients who were admitted our emergency department (ED) because terrorism-related injuries. MATERIAL AND METHODS: have retrospectively analyzed a state hospital’s ED with injuries between 01.01.2016 and 01.01.2018. The about mechanism injury, injured body part, Abbreviated Injury Scale scores, management, outcomes: discharge from ED, hospitalizatio...

Stab wounds of the spinal canal are rare and constitute an uncommon cause of spinal cord injury. They are usually responsible for an immediate neurological deficit that requires emergency therapeutic management to minimize the extent of neurological deficit and to prevent further loss of neurological function. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is used to evaluate damage to the spinal cord, inclu...

Recent guidelines have been produced advising doctors working in emergency departments that they should report all gunshot injuries to the police (albeit with consent in all but very limited circumstances). This article will discuss some of the legal and ethical issues that surround breaking patient confidentiality in relation to gunshot wounds and other potentially dangerous patients; and look...