Abstract
Shot gun or Pellet gun injuries is quite uncommonly faced emergency nowadays by maxillofacial and neurosurgeons worldwide and has invited a challenges in modern day to day practice of surgeons. For this reason a study was conducted in departments of Maxillofacial and Neurosurgery, Govt Medical College and SMHS hospital, between January 2016 to December 2017. The pattern, severity and outcome of injuries in head/neck and maxillofacial region in patients of shot gun injuries particularly in young population was studied.
Keywords: shot gun injury, head& neck, maxillofacial injury.
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Corresponding Author
Nahida Dar
MDS, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v6i5.86
