Penetrated Shotgun Pellets: A Case Report

Shotgun wounds can result in devastating functional and aesthetic consequences for patients. There is no consensus in terms of removing or retaining foreign bodies such as shotgun pellets. In this report a 54-year-old man who suffered from accidental shotgun wounds on the face approximately 26 years...

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Autores principales: Kara, M. Isa, Polat, Hidayet B., Ay, Sinan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dental Investigations Society 2008
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2633155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19212510
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description Shotgun wounds can result in devastating functional and aesthetic consequences for patients. There is no consensus in terms of removing or retaining foreign bodies such as shotgun pellets. In this report a 54-year-old man who suffered from accidental shotgun wounds on the face approximately 26 years ago is presented. Although most of pellets were still present, there were no symptoms such as poisoning, fistula formation, recurrent infections, or secondary hemorrhage to date except feeling cold in cold days.
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spelling pubmed-26331552009-02-11 Penetrated Shotgun Pellets: A Case Report Kara, M. Isa Polat, Hidayet B. Ay, Sinan Eur J Dent Case Reports Shotgun wounds can result in devastating functional and aesthetic consequences for patients. There is no consensus in terms of removing or retaining foreign bodies such as shotgun pellets. In this report a 54-year-old man who suffered from accidental shotgun wounds on the face approximately 26 years ago is presented. Although most of pellets were still present, there were no symptoms such as poisoning, fistula formation, recurrent infections, or secondary hemorrhage to date except feeling cold in cold days. Dental Investigations Society 2008-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2633155/ /pubmed/19212510 Text en Copyright 2008 European Journal of Dentistry. All rights reserved.
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Penetrated Shotgun Pellets: A Case Report
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title_fullStr Penetrated Shotgun Pellets: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Penetrated Shotgun Pellets: A Case Report
title_short Penetrated Shotgun Pellets: A Case Report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2633155/
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