Management of a Low-Energy Penetrating Brain Injury Caused by a Nail

Management of a Low-Energy Penetrating Brain Injury Caused by a Nail

Low-energy penetrating nail injury to the brain is an extremely rare neurosurgical emergency. The most common cause of nail gun injury is work related accidents; other causes result from accidental firing of a nail gun, suicide attempts by firing nail guns into the brain, and bomb blasts containing...

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Main Authors: V. R. Ferraz, G. B. Aguiar, J. L. Vitorino-Araujo, G. L. Badke, J. C. E. Veiga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4371367

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