Head Injury by Pneumatic Nail Gun: A Case Report

A 56-year-old man had five nail gun-shots on his skull due to attempted suicide and was transferred to the emergency room. Because the nail head played a role as a brake, the launched nail made a hole in the skull but did not entirely pass through it. If major artery or sinuses are not involved, cau...

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Autores principales: Kim, Tae Woo, Shim, Yu Shik, Oh, Se Yang, Hyun, Dong Keun, Park, Hyeon Seon, Kim, Eun Young
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Neurotraumatology Society 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4852607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27169050
http://dx.doi.org/10.13004/kjnt.2014.10.2.137
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Sumario:A 56-year-old man had five nail gun-shots on his skull due to attempted suicide and was transferred to the emergency room. Because the nail head played a role as a brake, the launched nail made a hole in the skull but did not entirely pass through it. If major artery or sinuses are not involved, cautious retrieval after a small scalp incision can be performed and prophylactic antibiotics be administered for treatment.

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