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03-19-2009, 02:03 AM
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Impaled by a Steel Rod
This 32-year old male fell from a tree on a vertical metal rod in his garden. The rod entered his scrotum making an exit above the left clavicle. He underwent an emergent surgical intervention by a team of cardiothoracic, vascular and abdominal surgeons. Longitudinal sternotomy and laparotomy allowed surgeons to remove the metal rod carefully with no severe signs of injuries of abdominal and thoracic organs. There were no surgical postoperative complications. |
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11-03-2009, 01:18 PM
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Re: Impaled by a Steel Rod
My First Post!! The man was taken to an emergency clinic immediately following his accidental impalement where a team of abdominal, vascular and cardiothoracic surgeons performed a series of operations on his body. To a praise of the surgeons, the metal rod was removed from patient’s body with the use of longitudinal sternotomy and laparotomy, leaving patient in good state. Despite scary looking injuries, the patient fully recovered and there were no postoperative complications. |