Buckshot wounds.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1978
Abstract
The differences between wounds due to conventional shotgun (shot) injuries and those inflicted by buckshot are inadequately appreciated by most clinicians. Cadaver extremities were used as targets for 12-gauge loads of No. 6 shot and 00 Buckshot to portray some of the "wounding" characteristics of these popular shotgun loads. "Wounds" so produced were consistent with expected ballistic performance of these projectiles. The lethality of buckshot wounds is discussed, four clinical cases are described, and the wounding mechanisms are briefly outlined.
Volume
18
Issue
1
First Page
53
Last Page
57
ISSN
0022-5282
Published In/Presented At
DeMuth, W. E., Jr, Nicholas, G. G., & Munger, B. L. (1978). Buckshot wounds. The Journal of trauma, 18(1), 53–57. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005373-197801000-00010
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
621765
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article