• Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Oct 2001

    Case Reports

    Recovery of an impalement and transfixion chest injury by a reinforced steel bar.

    • H Shikata, S Tsuchishima, S Sakamoto, Y Nagayoshi, S Shono, H Nishizawa, Y Watanabe, and J Matsubara.
    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University, 1-1 Uchinada-machi, Kawakita-gun, Ishikawa 920-0293, Japan.
    • Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2001 Oct 1; 7 (5): 304-6.

    AbstractA 36-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of impalement injury due to a downwards fall upon some reinforced steel rods. An emergency operation was performed using percutaneous cardiopulmonary support (PCPS). The steel rods were taken out in the operating room. The heart, great vessels, vertebrae, and spinal cord were not involved in the impalement wounds. We performed a bronchoplasty of the torn and separated right main bronchus, and repaired the impaled left lung without any pulmonary resection. He recuperated without sequelae.

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