[Wounds caused by projectiles of pressure guns in children]

Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex. 1993 May;50(5):328-30.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The present study is a survey to analyze the actual situation of the wounds produced by bibi-guns, concerning the damage produced, kind of surgical procedure, clinical evolution, and some general characteristics of the population on study. During a period of two years from May 1990 to May 1992 at the General Hospital of Culiacan, Sin. Six patients from the Pediatric Surgery Department with a diagnosis of wound produced by bibi-guns were studied. All patients required surgical treatment with general anesthesia. The average age of patients was 5.8 +/- 1.5 years, five male and one female; wounds were produced accidentally in four cases and two in a guns-game. The severity of the injury was evaluated, and in two cases their internal injury laid in danger the life of patient. No deaths occurred.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Firearms*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Play and Playthings*
  • Pressure
  • Wounds, Gunshot*