title: An iron rod stuck in the right motor cortex.
abstract: Non-missile intracranial injuries caused by foreign bodies are quite uncommon in     civilian practice. Nails, knives, screwdrivers and sewing needles are the most     commonly reported agents. The authors report a unique case of an adult male     patient who suffered a penetrating craniocerebral injury caused by a falling     concrete reinforcing iron (rebar) from the fourth floor of a building under     construction. The foreign body was safely removed by a right parietal     craniectomy as a result of detailed radiological evaluation and preoperative     planning. To the best of authors' knowledge, the successful surgical treatment     of a penetrating brain injury caused by a rebar has not been reported     previously.
authors.affiliation: Batman State Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Batman, Turkey. erkinso@gmail.com
authors.forename: Erkin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sonmez
authors.forename: Alp Ozgun
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Borcek
authors.forename: Cagatay
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guven
authors.forename: Askin Esen
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Hasturk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D020197:Head Injuries, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron; D008297:Male; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D007501:Iron