Machete wounds to the head: report of three cases.
Three cases of machete wounds to the head are described. The resulting injuries from this unusual mode of trauma varied in severity and included transection of a previously placed ventriculoperitoneal shunt. Complications of these injuries resulted from delayed and inadequate treatment.
D000328:Adult; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009128:Muscle Spasticity / Q000209:etiology; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D012769:Shock / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014951:Wounds, Stab