Barker-Griffith A E, Streeten B W, Abraham J L, Schaefer D P, Norton S W
Department of Ophthalmology, SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse, USA.
Ophthalmology. 1998 Mar;105(3):535-8. doi: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)93039-1.
This study aimed to identify a dangerous new weapon capable of causing damage to the ocular and periocular regions.
The authors report two patients who had penetrating ocular injury in the past year because of homemade recreational potato guns.
In one 14-year-old boy, projectiles from the firing of a potato gun resulted in orbital and cranial injuries that were life threatening with widespread fractures, marked disruption of facial structures, a cerebrospinal fluid fistula requiring bifrontal surgical repair, and loss of one eye. In a separate accident with a different potato gun, a 14-year-old boy who was wearing glasses at the time of injury had a sight-threatening perforating corneal laceration.
Practitioners must be aware of the existence of these new, homemade unregulated devices. Information about the use and construction of these guns is widespread on the Internet, but no injuries resulting from these guns currently are documented in the medical literature.
本研究旨在确定一种能够对眼部和眼周区域造成损害的危险新武器。
作者报告了两名在过去一年因自制娱乐用土豆枪而发生穿透性眼外伤的患者。
在一名14岁男孩身上，土豆枪发射的射弹导致眼眶和颅骨损伤，危及生命，伴有广泛骨折、面部结构严重破坏、需要双额手术修复的脑脊液瘘以及一只眼睛失明。在另一起涉及不同土豆枪的事故中，一名14岁受伤时戴着眼镜的男孩发生了威胁视力的角膜穿孔撕裂伤。
从业者必须意识到这些新型自制无管制装置的存在。关于这些枪的使用和构造的信息在互联网上广泛传播，但目前医学文献中尚无这些枪导致受伤的记录。
