Difficulties in the management of impalement injuries sustained in rural India
Impalement injury is said to occur when a blunt force causes a long object to penetrate a body part resulting in retention of the object in situ. We report two unusual cases of impalement from rural India: one, chest impalement by a hunting spear and the other, an extremity impalement by a rotatory...
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| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock |
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| Online Access: | http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2020;volume=13;issue=3;spage=227;epage=230;aulast=Govindaraju |