TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - A ballistics examination of firearm injuries involving breast implants
JO  - Journal of forensic sciences
A1  - Pannucci, Christopher J.
A1  - Cyr, Adam J.
A1  - Moores, Neal G.
A1  - Young, Jason B.
A1  - Szegedi, Martin
SP  - 571
EP  - 576
VL  - 63
IS  - 2
N2  - This ballistics study examines whether saline breast implants can decrease tissue penetration in firearm injuries. We hypothesize that the fluid column within a saline breast implant can alter bullet velocity and/or bullet pattern of mushrooming. The two experimental groups included saline implants with 7.4 cm projection and a no implant group. The experimental design allowed the bullet to pass-through an implant and into ballistics gel (n = 10) or into ballistics gel without passage through an implant (n = 11). Shots that passed through an implant had 20.6% decreased penetration distance when compared to shots that did not pass-through an implant; this difference was statistically significant (31.9 cm vs. 40.2 cm, p < 0.001). Implant group bullets mushroomed prior to gel entry, but the no implant group mushroomed within the gel. Bullet passage through a saline breast implant results in direct bullet velocity reduction and earlier bullet mushrooming; this causes significantly decreased ballistics gel penetration.<br><br>© 2017 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-1198
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13589
ID  - ref1
ER  -