A Case of Thoraco-abdominal Penetrating Injury with an Scaffolding Pipe following a Falling

Yang,  Bong Jun; Yu,  Jae Myung; Kim,  Chin Seung; Lee,  Kwang Chan; Ko,  Jin Chul

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Society of Traumatology 2006;19(2):183-187.

Bong Jun Yang, Jae Myung Yu, Chin Seung Kim, Kwang Chan Lee, Jin Chul Ko

Department of Surgery, SungAe General Hospital, Seoul, Korea. cskkim1@hanmail.net

추락과 동반된 강관파이프에 의한 흉-복강 관통상 1례

양봉준.유재명.김진승.이광찬.고진철

성애병원 외과

Abstract

An increase has been see in fall injuries at construction sites and in penetrating injuries by iron bars or pipes associated with the fall. In particular, a thoraco-abdominal penetrating injury had the worse prognosis, and multiple organ injury occurred because of blunt trauma associated with fall. Iron bars were the most common penetrating materials, and pipe penetrating injuries were uncommon. However, because the diameter of the pipes were large than those of the bars, penetrating injuries associated with pipes were more often fatal. A secondary thoraco-abdominal injury worsened the prognosis. We reported a case of a 33-year-old man with a thoraco-abdominal trauma secondary to a penetrating injury with a scaffolding pipe following a fall.

Key Words: Scaffolding pipe; Thoraco-abdominal penetrating injury