title: Multidisciplinary Team Treatment of Penetrating Head and Neck Trauma.
abstract: Penetrating head and neck trauma could cause significant mortality because of many important structures located in the brain and neck. Although high-velocity penetrating brain injury is often reported, reports of low-velocity, combined head and neck penetrating injury are rare. Hereby, the authors present a case of an old man who had encountered a serious accident, a 29-cm iron fork penetrated into his neck, through the skull base and into brain. After treatment by multidisciplinary team, the patient was in rehabilitation. The multidisciplinary team assists rapid diagnosis and treatment of penetrating neck and head injury is the key to ensure a good outcome. Therefore, as the authors face such patients again, a multidisciplinary team is needed.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin †Department of Neurosurgery, Shengli Oilfield Central Hospital, Dongying, China.
authors.forename: Lili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hongxing
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Kongbin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*