Treatment of a transorbital penetrating injury: a particular endovascular approach.
The management of craniocerebral penetrating injury currently represents a challenge for neurosurgeons and neuroradiologists and requires innovative planning. This report describes the case of a worker admitted to hospital with an intracranial piece of concrete-cutting saw stuck through the right eye. At the time of admission the patient was conscious and this fact influenced the choice of a particular approach. This patient escaped without neurological deficit or complications, except for the inevitable removal of an eye.
Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Umberto Parini Regional Hospital, Aosta, Italy. mnatrella@ausl.vda.it
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D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003399:Craniotomy; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed