Articles: brain-injuries.
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Beitr. Gerichtl. Med. · Jan 1989
[Forensic medicine roentgen studies in gunshot wounds of the skull].
14 X-ray examined deaths caused by cranial bullet injuries are described. Three of them are demonstrated. ⋯ An antero-posterior and a lateral view are necessary. Little parts of the bullet and bone meal particles may be visible in radiographs along the path of the bullet; using normal technique of autopsy those details may not be visible.
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Case Reports
[Formation of a "crow's foot pattern" in the smoke residue in homicide by forehead gunshot injury].
We report a "crowsfoot-like" pattern in the smoke marks around the entrance of a close-range bullet wound in the center of the forehead; the weapon in this homicide was a revolver. This pattern only occurs if the facial muscles that form expression are completely contracted at the moment the shooting occurs and if the victim expects the event. The wrinkles gather around the entrance of the bullet, and this wound pattern may indicate that the shot was expected by the victim and represent a piece of the mosaic that might help clarify the circumstances in a case.
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Zh Vopr Neirokhir Im N N Burdenko · Jan 1989
[Prevention and treatment of postoperative complications of acute traumatic intracranial hematoma].
Timely application of adequate diagnostic and therapeutic measures, reoperations among others, allows mortality to be reduced to 33% in postoperative epidural hematomas, to 50% in recurrent intracranial hematomas, and by 19% in edema and swelling of the brain with its compression. Methods of neurosurgical prevention of complications, the use of an inflow-outflow dialysis system and removal of crushed brain areas attendant to the hematomas in the first place, are the leading factor in improving the outcomes of the treatment of acute traumatic intracranial hematomas.