Man sustains rectal impalement after folding chair collapses: report
This is the first documented case of conservative management of a common iliac vein injury, surgeons say.
A 51-year-old man was left rectally impaled after his folding chair collapsed beneath him and part of the frame penetrated his anus, his treating doctors report.
The man sustained a common iliac vein injury from the impalement wound, causing haemorrhagic shock.
