Abstract:A 54-year-old lady was brought to our A+E after falling from a
stepladder onto the metallic base of her artificial Christmas tree. The
metallic rod impaled her through the right buttock. X-rays and a CT was
performed prior to transport to a trauma centre causing delays to her
surgery.
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