Civilian Gunshot Injuries: Experience from Sokoto, North-West, Nigeria

Autor:	Oboirien M, Adedeji Bk, Agbo Sp
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry General surgery Incidence (epidemiology) Surgery Small arms North west Statistical significance medicine Statistical analysis Body region University teaching Prospective cohort study business
Zdroj:	Journal of Trauma & Treatment.
ISSN:	2167-1222
DOI:	10.4172/2167-1222.1000285
Popis:	Introduction: The Proliferation of small arms in the West African sub-region and the activities of insurgent groups and rustlers have caused renewed interest in Gunshot injuries. We aim to document the trend and outcome of such injuries in our sub-region. Methods: It was a prospective study of cases of gunshot injuries admitted at the University Teaching hospital over a period of 18 months. Parameters analysed included patients’ bio-data, region of the body affected, mechanism and source of projectile, clinical presentations and short term outcome. Statistical analysis was done with IBM SPSS 20. Level of significance was p
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