title: Barbed spear injury to the skull base: case report.
abstract: A case of a barbed spear injury to the left orbit and skull base is presented. The unusual nature and circumstances of the injury and the management problems related to the proximate neurovascular bundles are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Unit, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Mezue
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saddeqi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ude
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*