creators_name: Mahakalkar, CC
creators_name: Kamble, AT
creators_name: Kaple, MN
creators_name: Baitha, K
creators_id: cmahakalkar@rediffmail.com
editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas
editors_id: Kakkilaya BS
type: journale
datestamp: 2013-05-04 23:07:42
lastmod: 2013-05-04 23:07:42
metadata_visibility: show
title: Penetrating Abdominal Injury by a Large Stone
ispublished: pub
subjects: OJHAS
full_text_status: public
keywords: Penetrating trauma; Stone; Ileal transection; Gastric perforation
abstract: Penetrating trauma can be commonly caused by sharp objects. We report a case of penetrating injury of abdomen caused by a fairly large sized stone which is used for sharpening the objects or weapons. It pierced through the abdominal wall musculature and caused ileal transection, mesenteric tear and gastric perforation.
date: 2012-10-25
date_type: published
publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
volume: 11
number: 3(6)
publisher: Kakkilaya BS
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Mahakalkar, CC and Kamble, AT and Kaple, MN and Baitha, K  (2012) Penetrating Abdominal Injury by a Large Stone.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/8916/1/2012-3-6.pdf