Femoral vessel injury by a nonlethal weapon projectile

Rubber projectiles are used as an alternative to metal bullets owing to their lower morbidity and mortality rate. There are few reports of vascular lesions of extremities caused by rubber projectiles in the literature. The authors report the case of a 37-year-old man who was the victim of a penetrat...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Bruno Biagioni, MD, Gustavo Cunha Miranda, MD, Leonardo Mota de Moraes, MD, Felipe Nasser, MD, PhD, Marcelo Calil Burihan, MD, José Carlos Ingrund, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-06-01
Series:Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468428718300601