Three years with a knife stuck in the brain

Autor:	Marina Félix da Mota, Alex Caetano de Barros, Luiz Coutinho Dias Filho
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty animal structures stab media_common.quotation_subject lcsh:R education lcsh:Surgery craniotomy head injuries penetrating lcsh:Medicine lcsh:RD1-811 Art Surgery Visual arts puncture wounds stomatognathic system medicine Neurology (clinical) media_common
Zdroj:	Brazilian Neurosurgery, Vol 33, Iss 03, Pp 192-196 (2014)
ISSN:	2359-5922 0103-5355
DOI:	10.1055/s-0038-1626211
Popis:	Cranial stabbing injuries penetrating the brain are not commonly encountered. The cases in which the knife is retained constitute a challenge to the neurosurgeon. When a long-term permanence occurs, the reaction to the presence of the foreign body causes adherence to the nervous tissue and a higher risk is expected from the removal. The procedure should be performed with meticulous dissection and minimal oscillation of the blade thus avoiding damage to the adjacent structures. We report a case of a man who remained three years with a knife blade deeply lodged in the brain. After obtaining informed consent, the blade was removed; there were no postoperative complications. To our knowledge, this is the first case in which, after years of permanence, a knife blade was removed from the brain through a craniotomy.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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