title: Impalement injuries.
abstract: Impalement injuries are still seen today and constitute a challenging form of trauma. Our experience with four cases is presented. The management of each case has to be individualised. It may not be necessary to lay open the tract taken by the impaling object in every case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: H N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Bajaj
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating