title: Golf club shaft impalement: case report of a zone III neck injury.
abstract: Impalement occurs when a portion of the body is penetrated by a rigid object. These injuries incorporate aspects of both blunt and penetrating type injuries in that the object or the body at time of impact is traveling at relatively low velocity and the energy is dissipated over a short distance. Impalement injuries have been described for most body cavities. Evaluation of these injuries can be uniquely challenging. We present a case of impalement of the neck from an object previously unreported in the literature, a golf club shaft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California Davis, Oakland 94602, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006055:Golf; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019838:Neck Injuries; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*