Citation

Osnaya-Moreno H, Zaragoza Salas TA, Escoto Gomez JA, Mondragon Chimal MA, Torres Castaneda Mde L, Jimenez Flores M. Rev. Bras. Ginecol. Obstet. 2013; 35(9): 427-431.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Federação Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia)

DOI

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PMID

24217572

Abstract

Crime and violence have become a public health problem. Pregnant women have not been the exception and gunshot injuries occupy an important place as a cause of trauma. An important fact is that pregnant women, who suffer trauma, are special patients because pregnancy causes physiological and anatomical changes. Management of these patients should be multidisciplinary, by the general surgeon, the obstetrician and the neonatologist. However, even trauma referral centers could neither have the staff nor the ideal training for these specific cases. In this context we present the following case.

Language: en