Comparative analysis of the incoming patients with gunshot wounds of peace and military time

Backgraund: Gunshot wounds occupy one of the fundamental positions in field surgery. Currently, there is an increase in the occurrence of gunshot wounds in peacetime, which requires additional study of this problem. Aims: To study the differences between the incoming patients with gunshot wounds in the medical organizations of a metropolis in peacetime from gunshot wounds in wartime. Materials and methods: Study design is a multicenter retrospective continuous study. Object of study - patients with gunshot bullet wounds. The main group consisted of patients who applied to health care facilities in St. Petersburg in 2016-2018 (results of forensic medical examinations at the Bureau of forensic medical examination). Comparison group - the wounded, delivered to the stages of medical evacuation during the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus in 1999-2002 (computer database of the Department of field surgery of the Military Medical Academy named by S.M. Kirov). An objective assessment of the severity of damage was carried out using the VPH-P scale. The results were processed on a personal computer using the programs Microsoft Office Excel and Statistica. The Pearson (χ2) and Mann-Whitney (U-test) criteria were applied. Differences were considered significant at a significance level of p function show_eabstract() { $('#eabstract1').hide(); $('#eabstract2').show(); $('#eabstract_expand').hide(); }