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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:1131-1132
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Structural Allograft Implantation for Thoracic Spinal Impalement

Chiung-Lun Kao, MD, Jen-Ping Chang, MD *

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Chiayi, and Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Accepted for publication February 18, 2004.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Chang, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Kaohsiung, 123, Ta-Pei Rd, Niao Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung Hsien, Taiwan; (Email: c9112772{at}adm.cgmh.org.tw).

Impalement injury is uncommon, with only occasional reports. Thoracic impalement injuries from falls are rarely seen in the emergency department, because most patients die at the scene of injury. We present an unusual case in which a patient survived a bilateral thoracic impalement injury and was successfully treated for the bleeding thoracic spinal defect with a method that used a structural ulnar allograft implantation.






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