Citation

Ritchie AJ. Injury 1992; 23(4): 265-266.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, Mater Infirmorum Hospital, Belfast, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8509209

Abstract

A series of 123 patients who attended a district general hospital in Belfast over a 14-year period from 1975, sustained 126 plastic bullet injuries, resulting in one death and several serious injuries. This report shows the significant association of serious injury and/or death from plastic bullets in which the impact is above diaphragmatic level.