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. 2022 Feb 15;3(1):e12676.
doi: 10.1002/emp2.12676. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Devastating injury from blunt airbag trauma

Kiran Malhotra  1 , John Rose  2 , Natalie Homer  1
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Devastating injury from blunt airbag trauma

Kiran Malhotra et al. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Natalie Homer is a consultant for Pulse Biosciences, Inc.

Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Near complete traumatic left globe enucleation shown on (A) computed tomography and (B) clinical images, with transection of the optic nerve (white arrow) and diffuse extraocular muscle disruption
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