2020Trauma Image and ProcedureOpen access

Penetrating abdominal injury with a large foreign body following a traffic accident: a case report

Jae Sik Chung, Pil Young Jung

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Penetrating injuries and blunt injuries present different damage mechanisms.Generally, a blunt injury causes severer damage to tissues and organs than a penetrating injury.We report a case of a penetrating injury involving organ damage due to a large impaled foreign body wherein the penetrating injury was severer than a blunt injury.

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Penetrating injuries and blunt injuries present different damage mechanisms.Generally, a blunt injury causes severer damage to tissues and organs than a penetrating injury.We report a case of a penetrating injury involving organ damage due to a large impaled foreign body wherein the penetrating injury was severer than a blunt injury.

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Penetrating injuries and blunt injuries present different damage mechanisms.Generally, a blunt injury causes severer damage to tissues and organs than a penetrating injury.We report a case of a penetrating injury involving organ damage due to a large impaled foreign body wherein the penetrating injury was severer than a blunt injury.

Key concepts: Blunt, Penetrating trauma, Foreign body, Medicine, GUNSHOT INJURY, Foreign Bodies, Penetrating wounds, Surgery

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