A nonfatal impalement injury of the thoracic descending aorta: a case report.

J Trauma

Department of Surgery Faculty of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai Songkhla, Thailand.

Published: January 2008

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