Non-fatal Bihemispheric Penetrating Brain Injury from a Crossbow Arrow with Good Clinical Outcome: Case Report

Crossbow injuries to the head have seldom been reported in the literature, and they represent a unique type of penetrating brain injury (PBI) in which a low-velocity arrow results in an intracranial fragment larger than most high-velocity projectiles, usually with a lethal outcome. We present the ca...

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Main Authors: José Gonçalo de Oliveira Machado Saraiva Januário, Gonçalo Abreu Mesquita Borges de Almeida, Carlos José Rios Godinho Calado, Joaquim António Toscano Ferreira Monteiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2021-02-01
Series:Brazilian Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1719008