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Pharyngeal perforation secondary to electrical shock from a Taser gun
Department of General Surgery, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, UK
Correspondence to:
Mr J Coulston, Department of General Surgery, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester GL1 3NN, UK; jamescoulston{at}yahoo.co.uk
The case history is presented of a patient who developed pharyngeal perforation following the use of a Taser electroshock gun. This complication has not previously been reported.
Relevant Article
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- Jonathan Wyatt
Emerg. Med. J. 2008 25: 319.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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