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1. Acetabular fracture following penetration of buttock by railing spike: an unusual mechanism of injury needing careful immediate care

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Angela Yu, Sarkhell Radha, Angus Lewis, and Junaid Sayani

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Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Wounds, Penetrating, Article, Fractures, Bone, medicine, Humans, Buttocks, business.industry, Acetabular fracture, Acetabulum, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Surgery, Advanced trauma life support, Radiography, body regions, medicine.anatomical_structure, Mechanism of injury, Left buttock, Penetration (warfare), Accidental Falls, Female, Airway, business
Abstract

A 38-year-old woman presented to our trauma centre following a left buttock injury after falling off a three-storey building. The patient landed on a 20 cm railing spike which pierced her left buttock. The paramedics managed the patient according to the advanced trauma life support protocol while she was still hanging by her buttock on the railing spike.1 The rescue team addressed her airway and c-spine, breathing and circulation while minimising moving her to avoid …

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2014
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