Table 7.
Comparative data on gunshot wounds (GSWs) and stab wounds (SWs) from the literature
| Injury | Ordog, 19856 | Demetriades, 19979 | Thoma, 200811 | Current study, 2015 | ||||
| GSW (n=110) | SW (N/A) | GSW (n=97) | SW (n=89) | GSW (n=42) | SW (n=159) | GSW (n=58) | SW (n=452) | |
| Vascular | 32 (29%) | N/A | 26 (27%) | 13 (15%) | 10 (24%) | 16 (10%) | 12 (21%) | 74 (16%) |
| Aerodigestive tract | 13 (11%) | N/A | 7 (7%) | 3 (3%) | 11 (26%) | 13 (8%) | 10 (17%) | 61 (14%) |
| Spinal cord | 15 (14%) | N/A | 13 (13%) | 1 (1%) | N/A | N/A | 9 (16%) | 11 (2%) |
| Peripheral / cranial nerve or sympathetic chain | 8 (7%) | N/A | 12 (12%) | 4 (5%) | N/A | N/A | 11 (19%) | 28 (6%) |
| Haemo or pneumothorax | 30 (27%) | N/A | 15 (16%) | 12 (14%) | N/A | N/A | 1 (2%) | 134 (30%) |