Abdominal shotgun trauma: A case report

INTRODUCTION: One of the most lethal mechanisms of injury is shotgun wound and particularly the abdominal one. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 45 years old male suffering abdominal shotgun trauma, who survived his injuries. CONCLUSION: The management of the abdominal shotgun wounds is mainl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Toutouzas, Konstantinos G, Larentzakis, Andreas, Drimousis, Panagiotis, Riga, Maria, Theodorou, Dimitrios, Katsaragakis, Stylianos
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2491597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18625076
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-34
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: One of the most lethal mechanisms of injury is shotgun wound and particularly the abdominal one. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 45 years old male suffering abdominal shotgun trauma, who survived his injuries. CONCLUSION: The management of the abdominal shotgun wounds is mainly dependent on clinical examination and clinical judgment, while requires advanced surgical skills.

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