Citation

Naito K, Obayashi O, Mogami A, Han C, Kaneko K. Inj. Extra 2008; 39(1): 11-13.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.injury.2007.03.029

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Impalement is an uncommon injury. In 1890, Madelung described impalement as combining aspects of both blunt and penetrating trauma, and reported a case in which a blunt foreign body penetrated the abdominal cavity. We present a case of impalement in which the brake pedal of a car penetrated the pelvis as a result of a motor vehicle accident.