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Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, 2014 Blast injuries due to explosions remain the leading cause of death and injury to military personnel. Explosive devices have also been a preferred weapon of terrorists as they are cheap to manufacture and can cause lots of casualties.
Sunkara Venkateswara Kumar
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Antibodies Against Lysophosphatidic Acid Protect Against Blast-Induced Ocular Injuries
Frontiers in Neurology, 2020 Exposure to blast overpressure waves is implicated as the major cause of ocular injuries and resultant visual dysfunction in veterans involved in recent combat operations.
Peethambaran Arun +9 more
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Analysis of Otologic Injuries Due to Blast Trauma by Handmade Explosives [PDF]
Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2017 Objective: The aim of this study is to identify the otologic injuries due to handmade explosive-welded blast travma in the law enforcement officers during the combat operations in the curfew security region and to specify the disorders that ...
Mustafa Aslıer +1 more
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Blast injuries to the hand: Pathomechanics, patterns and treatment
Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2013 Purpose: To characterize the common patterns of injury in detail in cases of blast injuries to the hand and to outline the possible pathomechanics of these patterns of injury while describing the treatment modalities for the same as practiced in our ...
Souvik Adhikari +3 more
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2023 Background War conflicts and terror-related injuries constitute a significant public health problem in Somalia. We aim to characterize and compare the injury characteristics of gunshot and blast injuries of the extremities.
Abdullahi Yusuf Mohamed +3 more
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Understanding blast-induced neurotrauma: how far have we come?
Concussion, 2017 Blast injuries, including blast-induced neurotrauma (BINT), are caused by blast waves generated during an explosion. Accordingly, their history coincides with that of explosives.
Ibolja Cernak
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Characteristics and treatments of ocular blast injury in Tianjin explosion in China
BMC Ophthalmology, 2020 Background To document characteristics and treatments of ocular blast injury from a fire and explosion. Method Authors retrospectively evaluated 116 patients with 166 eye injuries from six hospitals.
Yuanyuan Liu +10 more
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Delayed cardiac tamponade secondary to blast injury from gunshot wound
Trauma Case Reports, 2023 Background: Penetrating injuries are recognized for the direct tissue damage, which is typically evident on physical examination. Secondary injuries resulting from kinetic energy transfer in the case of gunshot wounds (GSWs), often referred to as “blast ...
Louis F. Chai +7 more
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Military Medicine, 2011 Explosions can cause devastating injuries by various wounding mechanisms. Injuries due to the primary pressure wave are rarely life threatening and those that are lethal are uncommon. We reviewed the pathophysiology of blast-related injuries and their implications for management.
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Imaging features of blast injuries: experience from 2015 Ankara bombing in Turkey. [PDF]
Br J Radiol, 2016 Objective: To present the radiological features of blast-related injuries in the victims of the 10 October 2015 Ankara bombing and emphasize the importance of imaging.
Yazgan C, Aksu NM.
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