title: Blunt liver trauma from bean bag ammunition.
abstract: Police departments in Europe are increasingly using nonlethal weapons and/or ammunitions such as a bean bag to restrain and disable a person temporarily. A bean bag is a small nylon bag filled with metal balls that is fired from a shotgun and weighs approximately 50 g. It is successfully used in the United States by law enforcement personnel. This report describes a case in which use of a bean bag resulted in a contusion of the liver, which was treated conservatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Maasland Hospital Sittard, Sittard, The Netherlands. m.luyer@orbisconcern.nl.|Department of Surgery, Maasland Hospital Sittard, PO Box 5500, 6130 MB, Sittard, The Netherlands. m.luyer@orbisconcern.nl.
authors.forename: Misha D P
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Luyer
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Maasland Hospital Sittard, Sittard, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Anton G M
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Hoofwijk
keywords: Bean bag; Intra-abdominal injury; Liver contusion
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