A 54-year-old lady was brought to our emergency department after falling from a stepladder onto the base of her artificial Christmas tree. The metallic rod impaled her through the right buttock. X-rays and a computerized tomography were performed prior to transport to a trauma center causing delays to her surgery.
Keywords: buttock; gluteal; impalement; penetrating; trauma.
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