Citation

Sharma OP, Oswanski MF, White PW. Injury 2004; 35(3): 320-324.

Affiliation

Department of Trauma Services, The Toledo Hospital and Toledo Children's Hospital, 2142 N. Cove Blvd., Toledo, OH 43606, USA. om.sharma.md@promedica.org

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15124803

Abstract

Although rare, blast injury to the intestine can result from penetrating thoraco-abdominal extra-peritoneal gunshot (and shotgun) wounds despite the absence of injury to the diaphragm or to the peritoneum. Injuries of the spleen, small intestine and the mesentery by this mechanism have been previously reported in the world literature. This paper reports the first two cases of non-penetrating ballistic trauma to the colon.

Language: en