Citation

Okumori M, Futamura A, Tsukuura T, Konno S, Kuramochi K, Kaya S, Yamada F. J. Trauma 1981; 21(3): 240-241.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1981, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7218387

Abstract

A 31-year-old male who sustained completely penetrating impalement wounds of the head and chest by reinforced steel bars in a fall at a ferroconcrete building construction with a miraculous survival is reported. The bars were successfully removed; a surgical mallet was required to loosen the bar impacted in the patient's head. After 12 days he was discharged, and he has returned to construction work and is well 3 years postinjury.

Language: en