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| Year : 2023 | Volume
: 28
| Issue : 5 | Page : 442-444 |
Air gun injuries in children – A near miss!
Tejaswini Girish1, Jayateertha Joshi2, Sowmini Padmanabh Kamath3, Sadashiva Rao4
1 Department of General Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore; Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
3 Department of Pediatrics, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
4 Department of Paediatric Surgery, Regional Advanced Paediatric Care Centre, Wenlock District Hospital, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Sowmini Padmanabh Kamath
Department of Pediatrics, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_75_23
Air guns that are employed for protection and entertainment/sporting events can have accidentally harmful consequences. We report three examples of air gun injuries in the pediatric population with injuries, which could be potentially fatal.
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