[Treatment of peace-time thoracic and abdominal gunshot wounds]

Abstract

The article analyses the results of treatment of gunshot injuries to the chest and abdomen suffered by 59 males in peace time. Their ages ranged from 17 to 51 years. It was found that gunshot injuries to the chest and abdomen suffered in peace time are characterized by a severe clinical course, multiple damages of polyorganic localization, they are often attended by shock and are marked by a great number of pyoseptic complications and a high mortality rate, particularly in concurrent and combined injuries to the organs of both cavities.