Craniocerebral penetrating injury caused by a spear gun through the mouth: case report.
The authors report a case of a craniocerebral penetrating injury caused by the shaft of a spear gun. The entry point of the spear was located in the mouth without an obvious exit point. The authors first note the presentation of the patient, whose airway was obstructed by the shaft, and then discuss the surgical procedure, which was focused on removing the shaft in an anterograde direction because of an articulated wishbone located at the tip of the shaft.
Ban
Leang Heng
LH
Department of Intensive Care and Anesthesia, Hôpital Nord, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, France. leangheng_ban@yahoo.com
Leone
Marc
M
Visintini
Pierre
P
Blasco
Valery
V
Antonini
François
F
Kaya
Jean Marc
JM
Alliez
Bernard
B
Albanèse
Jacques
J
Martin
Claude
C
D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009055:Mouth; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*