Citation

Daniels AH. J. Emerg. Trauma Shock 2015; 8(3): 169.

Affiliation

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, Rhode Island, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, INDO-US Emergency and Trauma Collaborative, Publisher Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/0974-2700.160735

PMID

26229302

PMCID

PMC4520032

Abstract

We present the case history of a post motor vehicle crash victim with lower extremity fractures and decreased blood flow. Emergent Angipgraphy revealed a foreign body which was later operated and removed. The case emphasizes that High-speed motor vehicle accidents commonly lead to penetrating injury from objects within and outside of the vehicle.

Language: en