Usefulness of C-Arm Fluoroscopy in Treating Patients Injured by a Shotgun

Abstract

A 79-year-old male with no medical history was admitted to the emergency room with multiple shotgun injuries. He was mistakenly shot by a hunter hunting for a water deer. Upon admission, the patient was hemodynamically stable, but showed multiple shotgun injuries on the head, chest, abdomen, forearm, and leg (Fig. 1.). Further, he had hemoperitoneum and peritonitis because of bowel perforation and a mesentery injury. We accordingly planned for an emergency abdominal surgery followed by an orthopedic surgery (Fig. 2.). We employed C-Arm fluoroscopy to accurately locate the bullets in his body and to check for any remaining bullets. All bullets were removed using C-Arm fluoroscopy (Fig. 3.). The patient recovered without any complications. DISCUSSION