Interpretation of long bones ballistic trauma

Ballistic Trauma of Limbs

The objective of our study was to report the management and follow-up of a particular case of ballistic trauma and to do the literature review. OBSERVATION A 35-year-old patient, a trader who was the victim of a firearm accident under not very clear circumstances. He was admitted to the emergency department after 3 hours. Clinically, the patient had significant bleeding in the arm and was in ...

Analysis of behind the armor ballistic trauma.

The impact response of body armor composed of a ceramic plate with an ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber-reinforced composite and layers of UHMWPE fibers shielding a block of ballistic gelatin has been experimentally and numerically analyzed. It is a surrogate model for studying injuries to human torso caused by a bullet striking body protection armor placed on a person. Pho...

Resection of the Long Bones

Attempts to localize tumor metastases in long bones by mechanical trauma.

The medical literature contains many discussions dealing with the influence of trauma on tumor development and numerous reports indicating that in some unexplained manner trauma may be a significant factor in initiating malignant growth, but relatively few articles concerning the influence of trauma on the localization of metastases. Toth (5), who studied 2 patients with generalized carcinomato...

Make No Bones about It: Long Bones Scale Isometrically

Long bones are far from being simple cylinders, so how is the relative positioning of their various features maintained during growth? A new study shows that growth is isometric and that drift from the correct position is minimized. Read the Research Article.