title: Open traumatic brain injury by nail gun resulting in a persistent vegetative state.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. jayesh.thawani@uphs.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: Jayesh P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Thawani
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: Timothy H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lucas
mesh_terms: D056424:Decompressive Craniectomy; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D020197:Head Injuries, Penetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography