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Preoperative anteroposterior and axial radiographs showing the bullet in the supraspinatus compartment of the shoulder.
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The bullet had a parallel course, fired from two meters, entered in the shoulder just above the collarbone, and stopped against the anterior aspect of scapula spine (Figure 1).
Sequence of events of the bullet extraction: (a) dissection around the bullet which is encapsulated in a fibrous scar, (b) removing of the fibrous scar around the bullet, and (c) bullet extraction with a pincer to grasp.
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Finally we removed the bullet with a pincer to grasp (Figures 2 and 3).
The bullet after its extraction.
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Finally we removed the bullet with a pincer to grasp (Figures 2 and 3).