Management of a Low-Energy Penetrating Brain Injury Caused by a Nail
Joint Authors
Badke, Guilherme Lellis
de Aguiar, Guilherme Brasileiro
Veiga, José Carlos Esteves
Ferraz, V. R.
Vitorino-Araújo, J. L.
Source
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-06-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Low-energy penetrating nail injury to the brain is an extremely rare neurosurgical emergency.
The most common cause of nail gun injury is work related accidents; other causes result from accidental firing of a nail gun, suicide attempts by firing nail guns into the brain, and bomb blasts containing pieces of nails.
Neurosurgical treatment performed by craniotomy still seems to be the safest one; there are reports of complications such as subdural hematoma and intraparenchymal hemorrhages following the blind removal of foreign bodies leading to suggestions that all penetrating foreign bodies should be removed under direct vision.
We report a rarely described neurosurgical approach for removal of a penetrating nail from the brain and skull without evidence of associated hematoma and other brain lesions.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ferraz, V. R.& de Aguiar, Guilherme Brasileiro& Vitorino-Araújo, J. L.& Badke, Guilherme Lellis& Veiga, José Carlos Esteves. 2016. Management of a Low-Energy Penetrating Brain Injury Caused by a Nail. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101281
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ferraz, V. R.…[et al.]. Management of a Low-Energy Penetrating Brain Injury Caused by a Nail. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101281
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ferraz, V. R.& de Aguiar, Guilherme Brasileiro& Vitorino-Araújo, J. L.& Badke, Guilherme Lellis& Veiga, José Carlos Esteves. Management of a Low-Energy Penetrating Brain Injury Caused by a Nail. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101281
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1101281