title: Impalement head injury with serrated meat knife.
abstract: An unsuspecting motorcycle passenger was ambushed and impaled on the right side of the head with a 30cm serrated meat carving knife during a sectarian crisis in the city of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. The patient escaped running with the knife in his head and was rescued to a military hospital from where he was promptly transferred within 90 minutes of the incident to the Emergency Department of Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), Jos. Prompt resuscitation and CT brain imaging facilitated a successful neurosurgical intervention and a good outcome in the management of this patient.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Division, Department of Surgery, Jos University Teaching Hospital, P. M. B. 2076, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Op
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Binitie
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Division, Department of Surgery, Jos University Teaching Hospital, P. M. B. 2076, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Dj
authors.initials: Dj
authors.lastname: Shilong
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Division, Department of Surgery, Jos University Teaching Hospital, P. M. B. 2076, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Bt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ugwu
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Division, Department of Surgery, Jos University Teaching Hospital, P. M. B. 2076, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Je
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ekedigwe
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Division, Department of Surgery, Jos University Teaching Hospital, P. M. B. 2076, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Oo
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Oyeniran
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Division, Department of Surgery, Jos University Teaching Hospital, P. M. B. 2076, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Pf
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Adighije
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Division, Department of Surgery, Jos University Teaching Hospital, P. M. B. 2076, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: An
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mairiga
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Division, Department of Surgery, Jos University Teaching Hospital, P. M. B. 2076, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Pj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ninmol
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Division, Department of Surgery, Jos University Teaching Hospital, P. M. B. 2076, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Alayande
keywords: Impalement head injury; Jos civil crisis; Serrated meat knife