What is it about?
Air guns are widely used for recreation and to protect crops from animals. It is a pneumatic weapon capable of inflicting serious life-threatening injuries. The authors present a case of a child subjected to a life-threatening pellet injury to the head due to discharge of an air gun while playing.
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Why is it important?
Air guns, in wrong hands, can cause severe injuries
Perspectives
This case report also emphasizes the need for regulation of air gun use
Dr. Kasun Bandara Ekanayake
University of Peradeniya
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This page is a summary of: Near-Fatal Air Gun Injury in a Child – Case Report, Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine, August 2022, Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL),
DOI: 10.4038/sljm.v31i1.317.
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