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Rezende-Neto J, Silva FD, Porto LB, et al. Penetrating injury to the chest by an attenuated energy projectile: a case report and literature review of thoracic injuries caused by "less-lethal" munitions. World J Emerg Surg. 2009;4:26doi: 10.1186/1749-7922-4-26.
Rezende-Neto, J., Silva, F. D., Porto, L. B., Teixeira, L. C., Tien, H., & Rizoli, S. B. (2009). Penetrating injury to the chest by an attenuated energy projectile: a case report and literature review of thoracic injuries caused by "less-lethal" munitions. World journal of emergency surgery : WJES, 426. https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-4-26
Rezende-Neto, Joao, et al. "Penetrating injury to the chest by an attenuated energy projectile: a case report and literature review of thoracic injuries caused by "less-lethal" munitions." World journal of emergency surgery : WJES vol. 4 (2009): 26. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-4-26
Rezende-Neto J, Silva FD, Porto LB, Teixeira LC, Tien H, Rizoli SB. Penetrating injury to the chest by an attenuated energy projectile: a case report and literature review of thoracic injuries caused by "less-lethal" munitions. World J Emerg Surg. 2009 Jun 26;4:26. doi: 10.1186/1749-7922-4-26. PMID: 19555511; PMCID: PMC2715385.
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World J Emerg Surg. 2009 Jun 26;4:26. doi: 10.1186/1749-7922-4-26.

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

World journal of emergency surgery : WJES

Joao Rezende-Neto, Fabriccio Df Silva, Leonardo Bo Porto, Luiz C Teixeira, Homer Tien, Sandro B Rizoli

Affiliations

  1. Risoleta Tolentino Neves University Hospital Trauma Center - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. [email protected].

PMID: 19555511 PMCID: PMC2715385 DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-4-26

Abstract

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.

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