Report a Case of Two Spiral Rebars Impalement Injury Throughout Left Hemithorax and Neck - Abstract
Thoracic trauma can cause significant mortality and morbidity. Traumatic thoracic injuries are accompanied by abdominal, head and extremity injuries. Thoracic trauma is divided into two groups; penetrating and blunt. Penetrating traumas are primarily caused by gunshots and sharp objects. The lungs are the most commonly injured organ in penetrating thoracic trauma. Impalement of chest is an uncommon injury and one of the most severe types of penetrating thoracic injuries. Only a few cases have been reported in which the patient recuperated without sequelae. Impalement chest trauma are usually fatal, therefore few cases have been reported in the literature review. These injuries usually occur unilaterally. Our case report is about rebar impalement into unilateral hemithorax after falling down without any mortal injury and only a minor laceration of pericardium, lung, and the great vessels of subclavian. The fact is that such injury (as our case) without any intrathoracic catastrophic event is rare.