A New Understanding of the Mechanism of Injury to the Pelvis and Lower Limbs in Blast.

ABSTRACT: Dismounted complex blast injury (DCBI) has been one of the most severe forms of trauma sustained in recent conflicts. This injury has been partially attributed to limb flail; however, the full causative mechanism has not yet been fully determined. Soil ejecta has been hypothesized as a significant contributor to the injury but remains untested. In this study, a small-animal model of gas-gun mediated high velocity sand blast was used to investigate this mechanism. The results demonstrated a correlation between increasing sand blast velocity and injury patterns of worsening severity across the trauma range. This study is the first to replicate high velocity sand blast and the first model to reproduce the pattern of injury seen in DCBI. These findings are consistent with clinical and battlefi

SUBMITTER: Rankin IA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7438440 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature