Abstract In the United States, gunshot wounds (GSWs) have become a critical public health
concern with substantial annual morbidity, disability, and mortality. Vascular injuries …

Penetrating vascular injury has become the topic of interest with increased gun violence in
the United States. The radiologist plays a crucial role in establishing and systemizing the …

Ballistic traumas are defined by a projectile entering the body. Such projectiles include
bullets, birdshot, and metal fragments from the covering or the contents of an explosive …

Objective To assess the role of CT angiography in the evaluation of patients with lower
extremity gunshot wounds in the emergency room. Materials and methods Eighty patients …

Unrecognized arterial injuries in patients with blunt peripheral trauma can cause significant
morbidity. Rapid diagnosis and localization of arterial injury is required for choosing the …

Gunshot injuries occur when someone is shot by a bullet or other sort of projectile from a
firearm. Wounds are generally classified as low velocity (less than 609.6 m/s) or high …

Cost containent is important in this time of inner-city economic and health-care crisis. This
paper examines patients who were treated for gunshot wounds (GSWs) of the extremities …

Multidetector computed tomography angiography (MDCTA) of the upper and lower
extremities is the standard of care in the assessment of trauma patients with vascular trauma …

Background. Vascular injuries often result in life threatening hemorrhage or limb loss. When
they present with a single entry or exit wound, surgery is immediately indicated. With …

Background The aim of this study is to describe point-of-care ultrasound and Color flow
Duplex Doppler characteristics of penetrating and blunt trauma-related vascular injuries of …