Missile Embolisation Following Shotgun-Inflicted Extremity Trauma

Wareing, W.; Subramonia, S.; Oluwole, A.

doi:10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2009.04.005

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Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 24-25, August 2009

Missile Embolisation Following Shotgun-Inflicted Extremity Trauma

Queen's Medical Centre, Derby Road, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK

Received 16 February 2009; accepted 24 April 2009. published online 15 June 2009.

Abstract

Gunshot wounds have the potential to cause harm at a site far removed from the original entry wound through the mechanism of missile embolism. We report a case of shotgun injury to the upper extremity associated with simultaneous embolisation of both the arterial and venous system of the limb with widely different consequences.

Keywords: Shotgun injury, Pellet embolisation, Extremity trauma

PII: S1533-3167(09)00019-3

doi:10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2009.04.005

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Missile Embolisation Following Shotgun-Inflicted Extremity Trauma , 15 June 2009
W. Wareing, S. Subramonia, A. Oluwole
European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery September 2009 (Vol. 38, Issue 3, Page 395)
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