Citation

Cartwright AJ, Taams KO, Unsworth-White MJ, Mahmood N, Murphy PM. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2001; 72(4): 1364-1366.

Affiliation

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, United Kingdom.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11603463

Abstract

We treated an impalement injury of the thorax resulting from a suicide attempt in the form of a road traffic accident. The patient survived and was discharged 5 weeks after his injury. The surgical management of thoracic impalement injuries and the rationale behind a multidisciplinary approach are discussed.

Language: en