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Sagittal CT radiograph showing the splintered end of the impaled object.
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ACS Level I Trauma Center and teaching hospital, the patient was alert and hemodynamically stable with the chief complaint of abdominal pain. After trauma evaluation and assurance of his stability, radiographic images (plain X-rays and CT scans) were obtained (Figures 1  and 2) and the decision was made to bring the patient to the operating room for formal exploration and operative management of his injuries.
Coronal CT radiograph showing the blunt end of the object extending into the neck.
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ACS Level I Trauma Center and teaching hospital, the patient was alert and hemodynamically stable with the chief complaint of abdominal pain. After trauma evaluation and assurance of his stability, radiographic images (plain X-rays and CT scans) were obtained (Figures 1  and 2) and the decision was made to bring the patient to the operating room for formal exploration and operative management of his injuries.
Photograph showing the object tenting the right side of the patient's neck.
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It pierced the anterior intraperitoneal rectum, traversed the small and large bowel mesentery three times, passed through-and-through the stomach, pierced the diaphragm and pericardium, and laid with its distal end pinned below the right clavicle and extending into the neck (Figure 3).
The extracted wooden rod measured 63.5 cm in length.
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The wooden rod's overall length was 63.5 centimeters (Figure 4).
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