Citation

Owers C, Garner J. Injury 2014; 45(4): 655-658.

Affiliation

North Trent Surgical Rotation, United Kingdom.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.injury.2012.07.191

PMID

22889533

Abstract

Over the last century sporadic reports have described intra-abdominal injury without penetration of the abdominal cavity but the underlying mechanism of energy transfer appears variable. This article reviews the 19 documented cases of this phenomenon and discusses the mechanism of energy transfer in both primary blast injury and ballistic injury that may be responsible.

Language: en