FOUR CASES OF IMPALEMENT INJURY AND ITS STATISTIC STUDY

Abstract

Four patients (2 men and 2 women) with impalement injury between 8 and 52 years of age were treated at Iwakuni National Hospital.
The impalement has been due to iron bars and bamboo branches. The occurrence of impalement was most frequent in “fall”.
Symptomatology depended upon the location and extent of the impalement and whether the wound was intraperitoneal or extraperitoneal in type. So complete examination for abdomen, rectum, bladder and vagina was required for the accurate treatment.