| Autor: |
Rezende-Neto J; Risoleta Tolentino Neves University Hospital Trauma Center - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. ljrezende@yahoo.com.br., Silva FD, Porto LB, Teixeira LC, Tien H, Rizoli SB |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
World journal of emergency surgery : WJES [World J Emerg Surg] 2009 Jun 26; Vol. 4, pp. 26. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Jun 26. |
| DOI: |
10.1186/1749-7922-4-26 |
| Abstrakt: |
We present the case of a patient who sustained a penetrating injury to the chest caused by an attenuated energy rubber bullet and review the literature on thoracic injuries caused by plastic and rubber "less-lethal" munitions. The patient of this report underwent a right thoracotomy to extract the projectile as well as a wedge resection of the injured lung parenchyma. This case demonstrates that even supposedly safe riot control munition fired at close range, at the torso, can provoke serious injury. Therefore a thorough investigation and close clinical supervision are justified. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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