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Revista Criminalidad
versión impresa ISSN 1794-3108
Resumen
DAVID-PINILLA, Gabriel; CASTRO-NAVAS, Iliana María y AMAYA-MUJICA, Carlos Julián. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) by a firearm projectile: thematic review. Rev. Crim. [online]. 2018, vol.60, n.2, pp.107-126. ISSN 1794-3108.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by a firearm projectile (FAP) is a severe condition produced by mechanical alterations on the encephalon. In Colombia, one in every five killings is produced at cranial level.
Objective:
to do a literature review to identify the medical-legal and clinic-surgical issues of TBI by FAP.
Methodology:
a review conducted by means of medical literature databases searching and data gathering published by governmental entities.
Results:
TBI by FAP is an event epidemiologically constant; and its standards are related to the presence of the armed conflicts. It is associated with clinical manifestations and severe medical complications connected with diverse variables such as type of weapons and ammunition, sex of the victims, main region of the lesion and death mechanism. If the surgical operation is not performed, the mortality in this event is very high, but if the surgery is carried out, the lesions determine the decrease of life expectancy and quality.
Conclusion:
the current Colombian armed conflict makes TBI by FAP a topic of criminological, criminalistics and medical-legal relevance.
Palabras clave : Traumatic brain injury; firearms; war crimes; legal medicine.
