Transorbital penetrating head injury with a hunting arrow: case report.
The development of more complex and diverse hunting weapons may result in an increase of uncommon forms of penetrating injury to the brain. We present a case of nonfatal transorbital arrow injury to the brain. High velocity projectile injuries merit certain management adaptations from gunshot or low velocity stab wounds. This case highlights the necessity for anterograde removal of the arrow in the direction of its line of trajectory. Early assessment of the patient with cerebral angiography to identify surgically correctable vascular injury is recommended.
O'Neill
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Division of Neurosurgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201.
Gilliland
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Delashaw
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Purtzer
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TJ
D000328:Adult; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000209:etiology*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*