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Outcome of management of Gunshot injuries
by Nigerian Tradional DoctorsOsime O.C., Elusoji S.O.
SUMMARY
Four patients with gunshot injuries who were managed by Nigerian traditional doctors are presented. They finally presented to us with some avoidable complications which was successfully managed in three of these patients while one of them died. The first patient with abdominal gunshot injury died of septicaemia after being managed conservatively by the traditional doctor. The second patient had Pneumothorax as a result of gunshot injury to the chest. The conservative management by the traditional doctor failed so we had to insert chest tube and underwater seal drainage. The third patient had tetanus from gunshot injury while being managed by traditional doctor. He responded favourably to orthodox management. The fourth patient had embedded pellets following a gunshot injury which were removed by us. He was earlier deceived by the traditional doctor who claimed that he had removed the pellets diabolically.The morbidity and mortality of the management of gunshot injury by traditional doctors in Nigeria is quite high. We therefore recommend strict regulation of their activities.
Key Words: Gunshot injuries, Traditional doctors.
Pak J Med Sci July - September 2006 Vol. 22 No. 3 316-319
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