Car Windshield Wiper in the Brain: Case Report

Background  Transorbital intracranial penetrating injury is rare. Damage caused by a huge metallic foreign body is very critical and life-threatening. Method  We report an extremely rare case of transorbital intracranial penetrating metal strip (a car windshield wiper), which has not previously been...

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Autores principales: Liu, Zhenpeng, Hou, Xianzeng, Fan, Xiaoyong, Hu, Yuanyuan, Liu, Guangcun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical Publishers 2016
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5553469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28824989
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0036-1584170
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author Liu, Zhenpeng
Hou, Xianzeng
Fan, Xiaoyong
Hu, Yuanyuan
Liu, Guangcun
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Fan, Xiaoyong
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Liu, Guangcun
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description Background  Transorbital intracranial penetrating injury is rare. Damage caused by a huge metallic foreign body is very critical and life-threatening. Method  We report an extremely rare case of transorbital intracranial penetrating metal strip (a car windshield wiper), which has not previously been reported in the literature. Results  Emergency craniotomy was performed; the object was removed successfully, and the patient's life was saved. Conclusion  With the life-threatening penetrating brain injury caused by a huge foreign body, prompt surgical treatment and comprehensive postoperative treatment are important to save patients' lives.
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spelling pubmed-55534692017-08-18 Car Windshield Wiper in the Brain: Case Report Liu, Zhenpeng Hou, Xianzeng Fan, Xiaoyong Hu, Yuanyuan Liu, Guangcun Surg J (N Y) Background  Transorbital intracranial penetrating injury is rare. Damage caused by a huge metallic foreign body is very critical and life-threatening. Method  We report an extremely rare case of transorbital intracranial penetrating metal strip (a car windshield wiper), which has not previously been reported in the literature. Results  Emergency craniotomy was performed; the object was removed successfully, and the patient's life was saved. Conclusion  With the life-threatening penetrating brain injury caused by a huge foreign body, prompt surgical treatment and comprehensive postoperative treatment are important to save patients' lives. Thieme Medical Publishers 2016-06-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5553469/ /pubmed/28824989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0036-1584170 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28824989
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