Citation

Ng E, Choong AM. Chin. J. Traumatol. 2016; 19(3): 134-135.

Affiliation

Department of Vascular Surgery, Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Chinese Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

27321290

Abstract

In patients presenting with gunshot wounds, a high clinical suspicion of injury to vasculature and viscera remote from the projectile track is paramount. We present a case of a 17 year old male who sustained a gunshot wound to his abdomen and subsequently developed a right external iliac artery contusion requiring surgery as an indirect effect of the pressure wave from the bullet.

Language: en