title: Abdominal injury due to a hand held flare: an ongoing insult.
abstract: Although traumatic abdominal missile injuries have been previously widely reported, there are no reports on penetrating hand held flare injuries. We report a case of a penetrating abdominal flare injury and the subsequent complications that occurred as a result of this unique injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Wexham Park hospital, Wexham, Slough, Berkshire. s_neequaye@yahoo.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Neequaye
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hance
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sivagnanam
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rutter
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel; D006113:United Kingdom; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*