Craniocerebral Shotgun Injury: A Report of 14 Cases / 中华创伤杂志

ABSTRACT

Fourteen cases of craniocerebral shotgun injury were repoted, including 10 males and 4 females. Eleven patients were treated non—operatively and 3 operatively. Two of the 3 patients died after operation. The clinical manifestation, wound judgment and management are discussed detailly in the paper. The complications of the injury such as intracranial hematoma, brain abcess, epilepsy and morality were significantly lower than those of other missile craniocerebral injury. Although the matal pills remained in the patient brains for a long time, the final outcome of shotgun injured patients is good.