Gunshot injuries: experience in a tertiary health facility in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria.

Introduction: the incidence of gunshot injuries and its negative socio-economic impact has assumed an alarming dimension in our environment in recent times as a result of increase in various criminal activities arising largely from poverty including armed robbery, insurgencies, banditry, kidnappings, political thuggery and the like. We share our experience in our centre.

Methods: a retrospective study of cases of gunshot injuries seen, admitted and managed at our health facility over a three-year period.