Unwitnessed head trauma: the bamboo did it

Unwitnessed penetrating head injuries (PHIs) are often challenging. The inability to locate a foreign body should not exclude this diagnosis nor should it delay treatment. Attempts must be made to clarify the mechanism of injury, as this may allow for a better understanding of the patient's con...

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Autores principales: Sousa, Rodrigo, Luz, Ângela, Abecasis, Francisco, Vieira, Marisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5134207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27980766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.724
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author Sousa, Rodrigo
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spelling pubmed-51342072016-12-15 Unwitnessed head trauma: the bamboo did it Sousa, Rodrigo Luz, Ângela Abecasis, Francisco Vieira, Marisa Clin Case Rep Clinical Images Unwitnessed penetrating head injuries (PHIs) are often challenging. The inability to locate a foreign body should not exclude this diagnosis nor should it delay treatment. Attempts must be made to clarify the mechanism of injury, as this may allow for a better understanding of the patient's condition. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016-10-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5134207/ /pubmed/27980766 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.724 Text en © 2016 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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title_short Unwitnessed head trauma: the bamboo did it
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5134207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27980766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.724
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