Scroto-abdominal impalement injury in a skateboard rider.

J Emerg Med

Department of Surgery, Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

Published: November 1990

The injuries sustained by skateboard riders vary from minor cuts and abrasions to fractures. This report describes a unique injury sustained by a young skateboard rider who was impaled on a metal rod. Literature review of over 1,254 skateboard injuries did not reveal any other instances of penetrating abdominal trauma.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0736-4679(90)90168-uDOI Listing

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