Transorbital penetrating brain injury by a wooden stick: A neuro-ophthalmologic emergency

Accidental penetrating brain injury through transorbital route is an unusual occurrence in emergency practice of civilian cases. At time, it could be potentially life threatening. We report an interesting case of transorbital penetrating brain injury with a wooden stick in a 44-year-old male epilept...

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Autores principales: Behera, Sanjay Kumar, Panigrahi, Souvagya, Mishra, Sudhansu Sekhar, Senapati, Satya Bhusan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4849325/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27366283
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.145092
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Sumario:Accidental penetrating brain injury through transorbital route is an unusual occurrence in emergency practice of civilian cases. At time, it could be potentially life threatening. We report an interesting case of transorbital penetrating brain injury with a wooden stick in a 44-year-old male epileptic patient. The stick was removed successfully through transorbital exploration, without any neurovascular complications. The pertinent literature is reviewed and emergent management of such cases is discussed.

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