Difficulties in the management of impalement injuries sustained in rural India

Impalement injury is said to occur when a blunt force causes a long object to penetrate a body part resulting in retention of the object in situ. We report two unusual cases of impalement from rural India: one, chest impalement by a hunting spear and the other, an extremity impalement by a rotatory...

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Main Authors: Radhikaraj Coimbatore Govindaraju, Jayateerth Munavalli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock
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Online Access:http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2020;volume=13;issue=3;spage=227;epage=230;aulast=Govindaraju