title: Breaking the rules: a thoracic impalement injury.
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.
authors.affiliation: Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba. tomcz@ozemail.com.au
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Foot
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Naidoo
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D013909:Thorax; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000628:therapy*