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Suicidal nonfatal impalement injury of the thorax
A J Cartwright1, K O Taams, M J Unsworth-White
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, United Kingdom.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|October 18, 2001
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.