THE victims of the Boston Marathon bombings were peppered with nails and pellets, doctors say, adding that the most severely wounded required amputation.
The twin blasts near the finish line in the northeastern US city on Monday claimed three lives and left more than 170 injured.
"This bomb obviously was placed probably low on the ground, and therefore lower extremity injuries are to be expected," said George Velmahos, chief of trauma surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Velmahos said eight patients were in severe condition, with four having undergone major surgery, mostly amputations of lower limbs.
But he added they were in stable condition "and thank God they are all alive."
"Many of them have severe wounds, mostly in the lower part of their bodies, wounds related to the blast effect of the bomb, as well as small metallic fragments that entered their body - pellets, shrapnel, nails," Velmahos told reporters.
Due to the nature of the injuries, the victims suffered rapid loss of blood, which hospital personnel were able to rapidly control, but Velhamos said that created other physiological problems.
He said surgeons amputated four limbs, and two others were at risk, but "I hope we will save those legs".
"They are in intensive care. They are in critical condition. But at this point we have stabilised their vital signs and their hemodynamic situation is under control," he said.
He said those who underwent amputations were so severely damaged by the blast that their limb was "beyond salvation."
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