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Abstract
In the case of a patient with an impalement injury, the object should be removed in a controlled operating theatre environment. We report an 18-year-old man for whom this rule could not be followed. He was removed from a metal pipe transfixing his chest at the roadside.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10721369 DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb123851.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Med J Aust ISSN: 0025-729X Impact factor: 7.738