Foreign-Body Penetration of the Rectum

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IMPALEMENT of the rectum is a relatively rare occurrence as compared with other accidents resulting in internal injuries. The impalement is usually caused by accidental fall upon a sharp and stick-like object, with the point of impact on the anal canal or on the immediate vicinity of the anus. Sometimes, it is the morbid consequence of a callous prank played upon a victim. Rupture of the large bowel and the rectum by compressed air is not an infrequent industrial accident. The most common accidental cause of injury to the rectum and the sigmoid is diagnostic instrumentation of these organs during . . .

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