PMC4367041_01
Local examination showing abrasions at the perianal region with normal looking anus and a steel bar protruding for about 1.5 feet outside the anal opening
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Local examination showed abrasions at the perianal region with normal looking anus and a steel bar protruding for about 1.5 feet outside the anal opening [Figure 1].
Plain X-ray abdomen erect anteroposterior view showing a long steel bar with bent end inside the peritoneal cavity with no free gas
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Plain X-ray abdomen erect anteroposterior view showed a long steel bar with bent end inside the peritoneal cavity with no free gas [Figure 2].
Intraoperative view showing steel bar emerging through large sigmoid colon perforation and segment of perforated devascularized jejunum
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The steel bar was seen emerging through sigmoid colon creating a large perforation on transit [Figure 3].