Abstract

Firearm injury chest are among the most common and leading cause of trauma along with roadside accidents in tertiary care hospitals around the world. The situation in the developing world, including Pakistan, is even worse where terrorism, poverty, social inequality, unemployment and access to the illegal weapons are obvious.

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  • Background/Introduction Firearm injury chest are among the most common and leading cause of trauma along with roadside accidents in tertiary care hospitals around the world

  • Aims/Objectives To determine the surgical management of fire arm injury chest

  • An observational descriptive study was conducted in the department of Thoracic Surgery, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar from June 2002 to Dec 2014

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Background/Introduction Firearm injury chest are among the most common and leading cause of trauma along with roadside accidents in tertiary care hospitals around the world. Management of Fire Arm Injury chest, an experience of 10,200 patients From World Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons 25th Anniversary Congress, Edinburgh Edinburgh, UK. The situation in the developing world, including Pakistan, is even worse where terrorism, poverty, social inequality, unemployment and access to the illegal weapons are obvious.

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