Citation

Sepehripour S, Coulthard V, Filobbos G. J. Forensic Leg. Med. 2017; 48: 53-54.

Affiliation

University Hospital Birmingham, UK. Electronic address: gfilobbos@yahoo.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jflm.2017.03.003

PMID

28463760

Abstract

Ballistic trauma caused by bullets can be fatal or cause serious injury. Despite the abundance in literature in management of bullet injuries, there is paucity in describing how the operating surgeon should handle the bullet intra operatively. Bullets are important pieces of evidence and evidence preservation becomes the responsibility of the surgeon. We suggest a novel technique in handling bullets intraoperatively which, to the best of our knowledge, has not been published before. We also suggest general recommendations in handling bullets intraoperatively.

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Language: en

Keywords

Bullet; Bullet handling; Bullet-identification system; Striation marks; Vascular booties