• World J Emerg Surg · Jun 2009

    Penetrating injury to the chest by an attenuated energy projectile: a case report and literature review of thoracic injuries caused by "less-lethal" munitions.

    • Joao Rezende-Neto, Fabriccio Df Silva, Leonardo Bo Porto, Luiz C Teixeira, Homer Tien, and Sandro B Rizoli.
    • Risoleta Tolentino Neves University Hospital Trauma Center - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. ljrezende@yahoo.com.br.
    • World J Emerg Surg. 2009 Jun 26; 4: 26.

    Abstract We present the case of a patient who sustained a penetrating injury to the chest caused by an attenuated energy rubber bullet and review the literature on thoracic injuries caused by plastic and rubber "less-lethal" munitions. The patient of this report underwent a right thoracotomy to extract the projectile as well as a wedge resection of the injured lung parenchyma. This case demonstrates that even supposedly safe riot control munition fired at close range, at the torso, can provoke serious injury. Therefore a thorough investigation and close clinical supervision are justified.

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