Sci fi from the Halo game universe coming to a trauma near you. Hmm. How difficult is it for trauma surgeons to remove?
My question, too. Seems like it would be trying to work around a life-threatening wound, only now with a foreign object in it.
I would think the surgical strategy would involve gaining control of blood flow to the involved vessels at a location remote from the wound and then addressing the vascular damage at the wound site. (It could still be danged difficult to remove, but the problem of bleeding out would be controlled.)
I think the bottom line is to buy time to get where better care can be obtained.
[ Sci fi from the Halo game universe coming to a trauma near you. Hmm. How difficult is it for trauma surgeons to remove? ]
That or what “Cochise” from Falling Skies has naturally built into him....