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Acceleration–Deceleration Injury

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Hollow viscus injuries secondary to blunt trauma abdomen can occur by various mechanisms. We present an image which highlights the acceleration–deceleration mechanism of injury in a patient with blunt trauma abdomen.

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  1. Division of Trauma Surgery & Critical Care, JPNATC, AIIMS, New Delhi, India

    Harshit Agarwal & Abhinav Kumar

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Agarwal, H., Kumar, A. Acceleration–Deceleration Injury. Indian J Surg 82, 108–109 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-019-01942-z

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