Penetrating ocular trauma associated with blank cartridge
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Penetrating ocular trauma associated with blank cartridge
BACKGROUND Blank cartridge guns are generally regarded as being harmless and relative safe. However recent published articles demonstrated that the gas pressure from the exploding propellant of blank cartridge is powerful enough to penetrate the thoracic wall, abdominal muscle, small intestine and the skull. And there has been a limited number of case reports of ocular trauma associated with bl...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Ophthalmology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1471-2415
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-14-23