Fragmento de osso humano atuando como projétil secundário decorrente de explosão

We report a case of a secondary projectile emanated from a fractured human bone from a victim of a bomb explosion. We also refer to the potential of transmition of blood-borne or body fluid pathogens by this mechanism of injury.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: João Baptista de Rezende-Neto, Júnia Lira Carneiro, Felipe Dias Sampaio, João Batista Rodrigues Júnior, Domingos André F. Drumond
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
Series:Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69912012000500019&lng=en&tlng=en