Citation

Rezende-Neto JB, Carneiro JL, Sampaio FD, Rodrigues Júnior JB, Drumond DA. Rev. Col. Bras. Cir. 2012; 39(5): 444-446.

Vernacular Title

Fragmento de osso humano atuando como projétil secundário decorrente de explosão.

Affiliation

Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

23174800

Abstract

We report a case of a secondary projectile emanated from a fractured human bone from a victim of a bomb explosion. We also refer to the potential of transmition of blood-borne or body fluid pathogens by this mechanism of injury.

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