Pellet venous embolism from a destructive shotgun injury

Am Surg. 2011 Aug;77(8):E162-3.

Authors

Miss Hina¹, Darren J Hunt, J Daniel Stanley, Benjamin W Dart 4th

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.

PMID: 21944501

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Injuries / complications*
Abdominal Injuries / diagnostic imaging
Abdominal Injuries / surgery
Embolism / diagnostic imaging
Embolism / etiology*
Emergency Service, Hospital
Firearms
Follow-Up Studies
Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Injury Severity Score
Laparotomy / methods
Lung / diagnostic imaging*
Male
Middle Aged
Radiography
Risk Assessment
Wounds, Gunshot / complications*
Wounds, Gunshot / diagnostic imaging
Wounds, Gunshot / surgery