A Case Study on Pellet Gun Injury

Authors

  • Pervaiz Majeed Zunga Registrar Internal Medicine, SMHS Hospital Govt. Medical College, Srinagar, India.
  • Obaid Majid Registrar Internal Medicine, SMHS Hospital Govt. Medical College, Srinagar, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/hmmr/v13/2006F

Keywords:

Pellet gun inury, patients, metallic projectiles, hyphaema

Abstract

Pellet gun inury can cause grevious and serious injuries especially of soft tissues and sensitive organs like eyes. Pellet gun used by law enforcement agencies have the potential to cause grevious or life threatening injuries as metallic projectiles fired at high speeds from pellet gun have potential to damage strongest structure likebone. The present case was observed in a series of patients who was hospitalized with pellet gun injury in the different consequences.

Published

2021-05-31

How to Cite

Pervaiz Majeed Zunga, & Obaid Majid. (2021). A Case Study on Pellet Gun Injury. Highlights on Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 13, 185–188. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/hmmr/v13/2006F

Issue

Highlights on Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 13

Section

Chapters