Review

Wound Ballistic of Gunshot Injuries with High Kinetic Energy and Reflections to the Surgical Treatment

10.5222/otd.2017.040

  • Mustafa Tahir Özer

Received Date: 28.07.2017 Accepted Date: 20.12.2017 Eur Arc Med Res 2017;33(1):40-47

There are differences on the treatment principals of gunshot injuries between high kinetic energy and low kinetic energy because tissue destruction power is different. Temporary cavitation is created by guns with high kinetic energy and is cause of destructive of this kind of injuries. Organs which are in the temporary cavitation are injured because of late effects unnoticeable and occured in hours during first exploration. And occured lots of complications. Mechanisms of this kind of injuries and some issues which are important will be discussed.

Keywords: gunshot, Injuries, wund ballistics, cavitation