title: Scissors in brain: an unusual presentation of tribal culture in India.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the neurological complications arising from various tribal practices and their management. Penetrating head injuries comprise only a small number of total head injuries. A penetrating head injury by deliberate attempt to treat an ailment is almost unheard of.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present here a case of penetrating head injury caused by stabbing a scissor in head by a local witch doctor in order to treat a psychiatric ailment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient was taken up for for surgery and managed accordingly. Relevant literature was reviewed regarding various foreign bodies in traumatic missile and non missile brain injuries and their surgical management.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of Neurosurgery, Varanasi, India. apoorvakumar80@gmail.com
authors.forename: Apoorva
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Rajendra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: Kulwant
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003399:Craniotomy; D003469:Culture; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery; D020197:Head Injuries, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D012424:Rural Population; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed