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Sledge Hammer Impalement: a case report of challenges of managing a patient with a heavy pendant

INTRODUCTION: Impalement injuries are well defined. Transfixion injuries involve impalement and are defined in terms of fixation usually to a large object. CASE REPORT: We report a spectacular case of sledge hammer impalement in the neck where the patient was transfixed, albeit to a small object, re...

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Autores principales: Ajaero, M.I., Echieh, C.P., Onyema, C., Nduagu, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7263997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32480334
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.05.026