External iliac artery injury secondary to indirect pressure wave effect from gunshot wound.
- Author:
Eugene NG
1
;
Andrew-Mtl CHOONG
Author Information
1. Department of Vascular Surgery, Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Australia.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Humans;
Iliac Artery;
injuries;
Male;
Pressure;
Wounds, Gunshot;
complications;
surgery
- From:
Chinese Journal of Traumatology
2016;19(3):134-135
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
In patients presenting with gunshot wounds, a high clinical suspicion of injury to vasculature and viscera remote from the projectile track is paramount. We present a case of a 17 year old male who sustained a gunshot wound to his abdomen and subsequently developed a right external iliac artery contusion requiring surgery as an indirect effect of the pressure wave from the bullet.
