The uncharted danger of living in the tropics: A needlefish impalement of the sigmoid colon

Penetrating injury to the abdominal viscera is not uncommon unless when it is caused by marine life. We present a 39-year-old fisherman from a tropical country who had sustained a penetrating injury from a stab wound to the abdomen due to needlefish impalement. He sustained a small perforation of th...

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Main Authors: Muhamad, A., Ali, A.A., Firdaus Hayati, Zakaria, A.D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2020
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Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27001/1/The%20uncharted%20danger%20of%20living%20in%20the%20tropics.pdf