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Penetrating injury to the chest by an attenuated energy projectile: a case report and literature review of thoracic injuries caused by "less-lethal" munitions

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 ext...

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Autores principales: Rezende-Neto, Joao, Silva, Fabriccio DF, Porto, Leonardo BO, Teixeira, Luiz C, Tien, Homer, Rizoli, Sandro B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2715385/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19555511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-4-26