Blast injury caused by a booby-trapped cellular phone

Terrorists are recently using cellular phones to remotely detonate bombs. A patient was injured while assembling a bomb connected to a cellular phone. The patient sustained combined injury to the head and to the dominant hand which held the phone. Amputation of the hand was required, the facial inju...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Injury 2004-03, Vol.35 (3), p.336-338
Hauptverfasser:	Lapid, Oren, Lapid-Gortzak, Ruth, Glesinger, Ronen, Monos, Tova, Shaked, Gad
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Blast Injuries - etiology Blast Injuries - pathology Cell Phone cellular telephones Diseases of the osteoarticular system Facial Injuries - etiology Facial Injuries - pathology Hand Injuries - etiology Hand Injuries - pathology Humans Male Medical sciences Multiple Trauma - etiology Reconstructive Surgical Procedures Skull Fractures - etiology Terrorism Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
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Zusammenfassung:	Terrorists are recently using cellular phones to remotely detonate bombs. A patient was injured while assembling a bomb connected to a cellular phone. The patient sustained combined injury to the head and to the dominant hand which held the phone. Amputation of the hand was required, the facial injuries were reconstructed. The characteristics of this unusual type of injury are described and compared to injuries caused by other bombs and explosive devices.
ISSN:	0020-1383 1879-0267
DOI:	10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00021-4