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Spectrum of injuries with “less-lethal” beanbag weapons: pictorial essay
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Spectrum of injuries with “less-lethal” beanbag weapons: pictorial essay

Damon Salar Motamedi, Zachary Todd Fitzgerald, Berndt Schmit and Raza Mushtaq
Emergency Radiology, Vol.30(1)
2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-022-02104-7

Abstract

Contusions Firearms Humans Skin rubber abdominal injury adult aged Article beanbag bullet case report clinical article computer assisted tomography contusion disease severity flank gunshot injury head and neck injury human injury limb injury lower limb male middle aged organ injury scrotum skin contusion skin penetration soft tissue soft tissue defect weapon contusion firearm skin
Beanbag weapons are gaining popularity with increasing daily use as a non-lethal or less-lethal alternative to traditional firearms. While these are considered “less-lethal,” these are associated with a spectrum of serious injuries. We present a pictorial essay of these injuries ranging from mild skin contusions to more severe solid organ injuries. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to American Society of Emergency Radiology (ASER).

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