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Case Reports
. 2019 Aug;16(4):1055-1056.
doi: 10.1111/iwj.13136. Epub 2019 Apr 29.

Perianal injury with rebar

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Case Reports

Perianal injury with rebar

Zhe Fan et al. Int Wound J. 2019 Aug.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
A rebar impaled the perianal tissue
Figure 2
Figure 2
X‐rays of the pelvis demonstrating the rebar
Figure 3
Figure 3
The patient in the lithotomy position with a rebar in situ
Figure 4
Figure 4
The length of the rebar

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