Introduction
Penetrating thoracoabdominal injuries are potentially life threatening due to the associated hemorrhagic shock and visceral injury. Through and through penetrating injury with polytrauma is rarely encountered.
Case Presentation
Here we report on a 25-year-old male with penetrating thoracoabdominal injury caused by a metallic (iron) bar projecting from a pillar of a construction site after he fell down from a height.
Conclusions
Anesthetic and surgical management was difficult due to the inability to position in supine and rapidly progressing hemorrhagic shock. Surgical management for extraction of this iron bar and intensive monitoring and resuscitation resulted in an uneventful successful outcome.
Kolahdouzan, M., Rezaee, M. T., & Shahabi, S. (2016). Impalement Thoracoabdominal Trauma Secondary to Falling on Metallic (Iron) Bars: An Extremely Rare and Unique Case. Archives of Trauma Research,, 5(1), -. doi: 10.5812/atr.18330
MLA
Mohsen Kolahdouzan; Mohammad Taqhi Rezaee; Shahab Shahabi. "Impalement Thoracoabdominal Trauma Secondary to Falling on Metallic (Iron) Bars: An Extremely Rare and Unique Case". Archives of Trauma Research,, 5, 1, 2016, -. doi: 10.5812/atr.18330
HARVARD
Kolahdouzan, M., Rezaee, M. T., Shahabi, S. (2016). 'Impalement Thoracoabdominal Trauma Secondary to Falling on Metallic (Iron) Bars: An Extremely Rare and Unique Case', Archives of Trauma Research,, 5(1), pp. -. doi: 10.5812/atr.18330
VANCOUVER
Kolahdouzan, M., Rezaee, M. T., Shahabi, S. Impalement Thoracoabdominal Trauma Secondary to Falling on Metallic (Iron) Bars: An Extremely Rare and Unique Case. Archives of Trauma Research,, 2016; 5(1): -. doi: 10.5812/atr.18330
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