Epidemiology of firearm injuries in a Scandinavian trauma center.
Pernilla Brandt BäckmanLouis RiddezLennart AdamssonCarl Magnus WahlgrenPublished in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2018)
Firearm injuries cause significant morbidity and mortality and are an important medical and public health problem. In a Scandinavian trauma center there has been an increase of firearm injuries in recent years. The lower extremities followed by the abdomen are the dominating injured regions and there has been an increase in associated vascular injuries.