5-Year management and outcomes of penetrating neck injury in a trauma center. Penetrating neck injury.

Background: Penetrating neck injuries represent 5-10% of all traumatic injuries, these bring with them a high rate of morbidity and mortality due to vital structures that could be injured in this area. The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of penetrating neck injuries.

Methods: This was a retrospective, unicentric and descriptive study that included all patients who underwent neck exploration surgery.

Complications and treatment to liver wound by gunshot. A retrospective approach.

IntroducciÓn: Un trauma penetrante puede dañar una variedad de órganos. Dado que el hígado es un órgano sólido inelástico, no tiene la tolerancia al estiramiento necesaria para hacer frente a una herida por proyectil de arma de fuego (GSW).

MÉtodos: Este fue un estudio retrospectivo, observacional y descriptivo de 53 registros clínicos de pacientes ingresados en el Departamento de Cirugía por trauma hepático (LT) por un GSW.

Presentation, management and evolution of patients with abdominal gunshot wound. A decade of violence in Mexico.

Background: Traumatic injuries represent 9.6% of the global surface of the disease and represent the third most common cause of death in adults and adolescents. Patients were admitted to the hospital presenting traumatic injuries, penetrating abdominal traumatism remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality.

Prognosis of mortality and evolution in pancreatoduodenal trauma in patients with wound by projectile of firearm.

Background: The wounds caused by the firearm projectile are published to date in a public health problem in the world. As an example, we mentioned the injuries caused by firearms are the first cause of death in the age group between 1 to 19 years in the United States, as in Mexico.

Objective: Analysis of the prognostic factors of mortality and evaluation of the evolution in patients with TPD due to abdominal HPPAF.