A rare case of severe craniocerebral trauma with penetrating head injury

Penetrating head injury remains an important issue even in modern neurosurgery. Less frequent than other neurosurgical diseases, they may still pose some management problems. The authors present one extremely rare case of suicide attempt by penetrating head injury with harpoon at a male middle aged...

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Main Authors:	A. Iordache, J. M. Kaya, J. R. Alliez, B. Alliez
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Academic Publishing 2011-03-01
Series:	Romanian Neurosurgery
Subjects:	harpoon penetrating head injury
Online Access:	https://journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/542

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spelling	doaj-026de3eef0514613b0e43f911a5fbae32020-11-25T02:40:49ZengLondon Academic PublishingRomanian Neurosurgery1220-88412344-49592011-03-01181A rare case of severe craniocerebral trauma with penetrating head injuryA. IordacheJ. M. KayaJ. R. AlliezB. Alliez Penetrating head injury remains an important issue even in modern neurosurgery. Less frequent than other neurosurgical diseases, they may still pose some management problems. The authors present one extremely rare case of suicide attempt by penetrating head injury with harpoon at a male middle aged patient associated with iatrogenous pneumothorax. Operated with a simple occipital craniectomy, the patient had a pretty good recovery with minimal neurological deficit (facial paresis). https://journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/542harpoonpenetrating head injury
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author	A. Iordache J. M. Kaya J. R. Alliez B. Alliez
spellingShingle	A. Iordache J. M. Kaya J. R. Alliez B. Alliez A rare case of severe craniocerebral trauma with penetrating head injury Romanian Neurosurgery harpoon penetrating head injury
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title	A rare case of severe craniocerebral trauma with penetrating head injury
title_short	A rare case of severe craniocerebral trauma with penetrating head injury
title_full	A rare case of severe craniocerebral trauma with penetrating head injury
title_fullStr	A rare case of severe craniocerebral trauma with penetrating head injury
title_full_unstemmed	A rare case of severe craniocerebral trauma with penetrating head injury
title_sort	rare case of severe craniocerebral trauma with penetrating head injury
publisher	London Academic Publishing
series	Romanian Neurosurgery
issn	1220-8841 2344-4959
publishDate	2011-03-01
description	Penetrating head injury remains an important issue even in modern neurosurgery. Less frequent than other neurosurgical diseases, they may still pose some management problems. The authors present one extremely rare case of suicide attempt by penetrating head injury with harpoon at a male middle aged patient associated with iatrogenous pneumothorax. Operated with a simple occipital craniectomy, the patient had a pretty good recovery with minimal neurological deficit (facial paresis).
topic	harpoon penetrating head injury
url	https://journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/542
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A rare case of severe craniocerebral trauma with penetrating head injury

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