Titre du document / Document title

Abdominal wall penetration by a police bean bag

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

OLIVAS Terry ⁽¹⁾ ; JONES Bruce ⁽¹⁾ ; CANULLA Marco ⁽¹⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ Department of Surgery, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, ETATS-UNIS

Résumé / Abstract

Police departments across the country now have at their disposal a nonlethal weapon known as a bean bag shotgun. The bean bags, which come loaded in standard shotgun shells, are missiles intended to disable dangerous suspects without having to resort to lethal force. They were specifically designed not to create penetrating injuries. Here we present a case of abdominal wall penetration by a police bean bag. To our knowledge this is the first such reported case of this type of injury.

Revue / Journal Title

The American surgeon   ISSN 0003-1348   CODEN AMSUAW 

Source / Source

2001, vol. 67, n^o5, pp. 407-409 (3 ref.)

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Southeastern Surgical Congress, Atlanta, GA, ETATS-UNIS  (1951) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Penetrating injury ; Abdomen ; Weapon ; Police ; Case study ; Diagnosis ; Young adult ; Male ; Human ; Trauma ; Abdominal disease ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Plaie pénétrante ; Abdomen ; Arme ; Police ; Etude cas ; Diagnostic ; Adulte jeune ; Mâle ; Homme ; Traumatisme ; Abdomen pathologie ;

Mots-clés espagnols / Spanish Keywords

Herida penetrante ; Abdomen ; Arma ; Policía ; Estudio caso ; Diagnóstico ; Adulto joven ; Macho ; Hombre ; Traumatismo ; Abdomen patología ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 8324, 35400009886491.0030