Neurochirurgia
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66 patients with gunshot wounds were treated at the Department of Neurosurgery of Hanover University up to May 1982. These included wounds inflicted by bolt guns of the type used in slaughter houses, and by bolt-setting or nail-setting tools used in building construction work. The total mortality was 50%. ⋯ Postoperatively, there were several complications, mainly pneumonia and cerebrospinal fluid fistulas; in fact, pneumonia was responsible for the death of some patients. The mortality is compared with the findings by other authors. No patients remained in need of care after rehabilitation.
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The article reports on 56 patients on whom operation was performed for neurogenic intermittent claudication up to the end of 1983. The diagnostic, operative, and post-operative results are described in detail.