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Cureus
January 2023
Trauma, Delray Medical Center, Delray Beach, USA.
Impalement injuries secondary to motor vehicle collisions are rare. Reviewing the systematic approach to treating these injuries can benefit the surgical community. This case report discusses the presentation and management of a 32-year-old male who was involved in a high-speed, roll-over motor vehicle collision.
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March 2021
Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, Institute of Legal Medicine, Rorschacherstrasse 95, 9007, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Our institute of Legal Medicine was asked to examine a 27-year-old patient admitted to the neurosurgical department after a non-fatal accident (non-observed fall from height) at a construction site. Forensic advice was needed because of unexplainable injuries. By example of this case of a near-to-impalement, we would like to highlight an unusual, clinically frequently forgotten, and forensically thus far not discussed type of skull fracture with outward dislocation of bone fragment(s).
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September 2016
ForGen GmbH, Hamburg, Germany.
We present a rare case of a non-fatal impalement injury of the brain. A 13-year-old boy was found in his classroom unconsciously lying on floor. His classmates reported that they had been playing, and throwing building bricks, when suddenly the boy collapsed.
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November 2011
Trauma Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
J Trauma
January 2008
Department of Surgery Faculty of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai Songkhla, Thailand.
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