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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Carotid artery injury from an airgun pellet: a case report and review of the literature | Head Face Medicine BioMed Central Open Access Case report Carotid artery injury from an airgun pellet a case report and review of the literature Syed Abad Ian DS McHenry Lachlan M Carter and David A Mitchell Address Maxillofacial Surgery Pinderfields General Hospital Aberford Road Wakefield WF1 4DG UK Email Syed Abad - syedabad1@hotmail.com Ian DS McHenry - rustymonkey79@another.com Lachlan M Carter - carter.lachlan@virgin.net David A Mitchell - david.mitchell@midyorks.nhs.uk Corresponding author Published 17 January 2009 Head Face Medicine 2009 5 3 doi l0.ll86 l746-l60X-5-3 Received 7 May 2008 Accepted 17 January 2009 This article is available from http www.head-face-med.cOm content 5 l 3 2009 Abad et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http creativecommons.org licenses by 2.0 which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Historically airguns were powerful weapons. Modern models though less lethal are still capable of inflicting serious or life threatening injuries. Current United Kingdom legislation fails to take into the account the capacity for airguns to maim and kill. We believe that airguns should be governed by the same law that applies to firearms. We present a case of a potentially fatal airgun injury to the neck. The airgun pellet caused a defect in the anterior wall of the external carotid artery which required rapid access and surgical repair. We discuss the mechanism of airgun injury and review the literature in terms of investigation and management. Background Historically airguns were powerful weapons. Modern models though less lethal are still capable of inflicting serious or life threatening injuries. Current United Kingdom legislation fails to take into the account the capacity for airguns to maim and kill. We believe that airguns should be governed by the same law .
