Breaking the rules: a thoracic impalement injury.
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.
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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*