Brain injury : [BI]
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jul 2000
Comparative StudyNeurobehavioural outcomes of penetrating and tangential gunshot wounds to the head.
The objective of this study was to compare penetrating and tangential gunshot wounds to the head with regards to demographic, neurobehavioural and clinical outcome measures. ⋯ Initially, a penetrating gunshot wound is a more severe and costly injury than a tangential gunshot wound to the head, however T-GSW possess significant deficits and, if the patient survives past the acute phase of recovery, the two groups have similar functional outcomes. Future standard classification, neuropsychological, and clinical outcome measures.