Wooden Penetrating Pelvic Trauma Passing the Foramen Ischiadicum

Benedikt Ruben Abel1, Heinz-Lothar Meyer1, Roman Müller1

  • 1Klinik für Unfall-, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, 45147 Essen, Germany.

We describe the case of a 45-year-old woman who suffered an impalement injury of the pelvis with penetration of the sciatic foramen by a wooden foreign body. Following a single operation, the injury healed without complications or infection. We have taken this as an opportunity to describe the case and our standard procedure in more detail.