Double penetration wound: A nail gun injury involving the head and heart

Nail gun injuries usually occur at the extremities due to working accidents. Intracranial or intrathoracic injuries are relatively rare, and cases combined with both injuries are even rarer. Such situations pose challenges for surgeons due to their uniqueness during operation. Radiologic imaging fin...

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Autores principales: Ye, Ciou-Nan, Lin, Ming-Chieh, Huang, Chien-Lin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Cardiac
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6976870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31993095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2019.11.021
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description Nail gun injuries usually occur at the extremities due to working accidents. Intracranial or intrathoracic injuries are relatively rare, and cases combined with both injuries are even rarer. Such situations pose challenges for surgeons due to their uniqueness during operation. Radiologic imaging findings in our case were significant in indicating surgical findings. Herein, we report a patient who shot himself using a nail gun, damaging his brain and heart.
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spelling pubmed-69768702020-01-28 Double penetration wound: A nail gun injury involving the head and heart Ye, Ciou-Nan Lin, Ming-Chieh Huang, Chien-Lin Radiol Case Rep Cardiac Nail gun injuries usually occur at the extremities due to working accidents. Intracranial or intrathoracic injuries are relatively rare, and cases combined with both injuries are even rarer. Such situations pose challenges for surgeons due to their uniqueness during operation. Radiologic imaging findings in our case were significant in indicating surgical findings. Herein, we report a patient who shot himself using a nail gun, damaging his brain and heart. Elsevier 2020-01-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6976870/ /pubmed/31993095 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2019.11.021 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Double penetration wound: A nail gun injury involving the head and heart
title Double penetration wound: A nail gun injury involving the head and heart
title_full Double penetration wound: A nail gun injury involving the head and heart
title_fullStr Double penetration wound: A nail gun injury involving the head and heart
title_full_unstemmed Double penetration wound: A nail gun injury involving the head and heart
title_short Double penetration wound: A nail gun injury involving the head and heart
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6976870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31993095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2019.11.021
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