Serious Penetrating Craniocerebral Injury Caused by a Nail Gun.
10.3340/jkns.2014.56.6.537
- Author:
Yong Hyun JEON
1
;
Dong Min KIM
;
Sung Hoon KIM
;
Seok Won KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Head;
Injury;
Penetrating
- MeSH:
Aggression;
Brain;
Craniocerebral Trauma*;
Craniotomy;
Emergencies;
Foreign Bodies;
Head;
Skull
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2014;56(6):537-539
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Penetrating cerebral injuries caused by foreign bodies occur rarely due to the substantial mechanical protection offered by the skull. Throughout most of history, the brain, residing in a "closed box" of bone, has not been vulnerable to external aggression. Recently, we encountered a serious penetrating craniocerebral injury caused by a nail gun. Total excision of the offending nail via emergency craniotomy was performed, but the patient's neurologic status was not improved in spite of aggressive rehabilitative treatment. Here, we report on this troublesome case in light of a review of the relevant literature.
