2023
DOI: 10.14744/tjtes.2023.70658
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Risk factors for mortality and morbidity in Syrian refugee children with penetrating abdominal firearm injuries: an 1-year experience

Mustafa Tuşat

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Despite improvements in technology and surgical techniques, abdominal injuries caused by firearms in children are traumatic with high complication rates and mortality. In this study, factors affecting mortality and complications in penetrating abdominal firearm injuries caused by high-velocity bullets and shrapnel in children as a result of the civil war in Syria were evaluated. METHODS:This study was conducted as a case series with 53 patients admitted to Kilis State Hospital with penetrating abdo… Show more

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