title: Blast injuries of the ear as a result of the Peterborough lorry explosion: 22 March 1989.
abstract: The incidence of blast trauma to the ears in significant numbers is relatively rare in peace time. This paper outlines the results and management of twenty patients injured as a result of the outside explosion of 800 kg of high explosives in Peterborough on 22 March 1989.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, Edith Cavell Hospital, Peterborough.
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Bruins
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Cawood
mesh_terms: D001299:Audiometry; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D003051:Cochlea / Q000293:injuries*; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000209:etiology*; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery