title: Impalement injury with transanal prolapse of bowel content due to intraperitoneal rectal tear.
abstract: A 48-eight-year-old female patient came with prolapse of small intestines per rectum (Fig. 1) due to impalement injury with iron rod at a construction site. As the patient was hemodynamically unstable, she was taken for emergency laparotomy. A large rent in the intraperitoneal rectum was found (Fig. 2), with prolapse of intestines. Luckily for the patient, there was no other intra-abdominal organ injury. As there was no fecal contamination at all, a decision against proximal colostomy was made. The rent was closed in two layers after re-placing the small bowel contents with thorough lavage. Patient made a swift recovery thereafter.
authors.affiliation: Madras Medical College, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: J M V
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Amarjothi
authors.affiliation: Madras Medical College, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: Rajkumar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: Madras Medical College, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Inpharasun
keywords: Impalement injury; Rectal perforation; Small bowel prolapse