Citation

Boffard KD, Macfarlane C. Surg. Annu. 1993; 25(Pt 1): 29-47.

Affiliation

Johannesburg Hospital Trauma Unit, South Africa.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Appleton and Lange)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8416146

Abstract

A review of many series reporting injuries following blasts, data allows certain conclusions to be made: 1. Most patients sustain minor injuries, which may be treated on an outpatient basis. 2. Injuries predominantly affect the head and neck and the periphery, which suggests that clothing plays a major role in protection from secondary injuries. 3. Injuries to the chest and abdomen are relatively uncommon but have a high mortality, also associated with head injury. 4. Primary blast injuries are uncommonly seen in a hospital setting, because they usually result in immediate death.

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