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no color... the pellets or shrapnel just show up as white on the studies...
he is now post op with his right upper lobe in a bucket but doing better as now we can actually oxygenate him.
it was pretty amazing the damage done to his rib cage and upper lobe...the ribs under the small entrance room had a defect of about 6 cm that we had to repair with alloderm to avoid a future lung herniation...likewise the exit which again was larger but not by much. The fragments were tiny...about 1-2mm a piece and silver in color.
family said it was a 222 military rifle....
we will see how he does...lucky to be young.
doc t.
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