TITLE:
Management of Thoracic Impalement Injury in Ghana: A Five-Year Experience at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
AUTHORS:
Isaac Okyere, Samuel Gyasi Brenu, Perditer Okyere
KEYWORDS:
Foreign Body, Impalement Injury, Thoracic Injury, Thoracotomy, Sternotomy
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery,
Vol.9 No.9,
September
16,
2019
ABSTRACT: Impalement injuries are rare and among the most spectacular and dramatic traumatic injuries especially of the chest. The survival of a patient with a thoracic impalement injury can be extremely rare. Herein we present and discuss our successes of the management of 7 rare cases of thoracic impalement injuries over a 5-year period from January 2014 to June 2019 at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi in Ghana. We discuss the presentation, diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of the seven cases encountered.