Citation

Cudennec YF, Buffe P, Poncet JL. Mil. Med. 1995; 160(9): 467-470.

Affiliation

ENT Service, Armies Hospital Begin, Saint Mandé, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7478034

Abstract

The authors present 13 casualties observed after the bombing attempt in Djibouti (March 1987). All of them suffered blast injury to the ear. The scene and the circumstances of the explosion are described. A correlation is sought between the location and position of each casualty and the lesions he presented, with reference to animal experiment data, namely the shock waves propagation conditions. The otologic lesions are commented on with reference to acute acoustic trauma, and the need for a special study of vestibular outcome of blast injuries is emphasized.

Language: en