PATTERNS OF CLINICAL MEDICO-LEGAL CASES: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY AT A distt headquarter hospital charsadda by Nayella Nijat Bangash, Naheed Siddiqui, Urooj Khushbakhat Khan, Ihsan Ullah, Faiza Nadeem, Farzand Iqbal

“…Among firearm incidents, 6.4% were female and 1.6% were males. …”
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Traumatic arteriovenous fistula. Apropos of a case by Manuel Otero Reyes, Denis González Escalona, Oscar Duménigo Arias, María Victoria Gordis Aguilera.

“…The vascular lesions for firearm constitute one of the main causes with the appearance of arteriovenous fistula. …”
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Gabapentin Treatment for Neuropathic Pain in a Child with Sciatic Nerve Injury by Halil Ekrem Akkurt, Haluk Gümüş, Hamit Göksu, Ömer Faruk Odabaşı, Halim Yılmaz

“…Neuropathic pain developed after peripheral sciatic damage due to firearm traumatisation did not respond to other medical treatments but healed nearly completely after gabapentin usage.…”
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Severe Anxiety Post-COVID-19 Infection by Maggie Driscoll, Jason Gu

“…We illustrate a case of a 27-year-old male with no previous psychiatric treatment history or symptomology, who developed severe anxiety with intrusive thoughts of self-harm via firearm after COVID-19 infection. Given the severe nature of the anxiety and intrusive thoughts, the patient feared for his safety and sought acute inpatient admission. …”
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The impact of gunshot injuries on the shoulder and proximity to the carotid artery by Hossein Kamyab, Nayereh Bahrami, Roohangiz Shirvani, Mahla Qomi

“…Advances in military technology and increased firearm accessibility have escalated the prevalence of such injuries, contributing to both interpersonal and economic impacts on communities. …”
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Founding Editorial – Forensics and TheScientificWorld by Walter Rowe

“…The intervening century saw the development and application of fingerprinting, firearm and tool mark identification, forensic chemistry, forensic biology, forensic toxicology, forensic odontology, forensic pathology, and forensic engineering. …”
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The use of human tissue surrogates in anatomical modeling for gunshot wounds simulations: an overview about “how to do” experimental terminal ballistics by Lucas Meciano Pereira dos Santos, Marcelo Rodrigues da Cunha, Carlos Henrique Bertoni Reis, Daniela Vieira Buchaim, Daniela Vieira Buchaim, Ana Paula Bernardes da Rosa, Leandro Moreira Tempest, José Augusto Parola da Cruz, Rogério Leone Buchaim, Rogério Leone Buchaim, João Paulo Mardegan Issa, João Paulo Mardegan Issa

“…In the absence of projectiles but in possession of the possible firearm used in the crime, for example, it is possible to verify whether the weapon in question actually fired the fatal gunshot by comparing the injury found on the victim with the injury produced on the simulant material that best represents the anatomical area impacted, as indicated in the literature. …”
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Isolated Subclavian Vein Injury: A Rare and High Mortality Case by Sahin Iscan, Mustafa Etli, Ozgur Gursu, Esra Eker, Helin El Kilic

“…Our case was brought to the emergency service 6 hours after he had been shot at the shoulder with a firearm. After detection of extravasation from the left axillary and subclavian vein on arteriographic and venographic examinations, he was operated on. …”
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Removal of an Upper Third Molar from the Maxillary Sinus by Klinger de Souza Amorim, Vanessa Tavares da Silva, Rafael Soares da Cunha, Maria Luisa Silveira Souto, Carla Rocha São Mateus, Liane Maciel de Almeida Souza

“…Dislocation of a foreign body or tooth to the interior of a paranasal sinus is a situation that can occur as a result of car accidents, firearm attacks, or iatrogenic in surgical procedures. …”
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Experience of Penetrating Gunshot Wound on Head in Korea by Hong Rye Kim, Seung Je Go, Young Hoon Sul, Jin Bong Ye, Jin Young Lee, Jung Hee Choi, Seoung Myoung Choi, Yook Kim, Su Young Yoon

“…Craniocerebral gunshot injuries (CGIs) are extremely seldom happened in Korea because possession of individual firearm is illegal. So, CGIs are rarely encountered by Korean neurosurgeons or Korean trauma surgeons, though in other developing countries or Unites states of America their cases are indefatigably increasing. …”
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Analysis of emergency centre recidivism for interpersonal violence in a district-level hospital in Cape Town, South Africa by J J Horn, L Bush, D J van Hoving

“…Cases were limited to the inclusion of mechanisms of injury attributable to stab wounds, blunt assault, firearm injury and gender-based violence. Recidivist cases were identified by repeat hospital number on the electronic hospital patient system. …”
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Silent witnesses: unveiling the epidemic of femicides in North-west Tshwane, South Africa – a decade of analysis by Yaseen Bismilla, K. K. Hlaise, C. Van Wyk

“…The findings emphasize the necessity for targeted prevention programs, stricter firearm control measures, and community-based violence prevention strategies. …”
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