Penetrating injury to the head: case reviews
Penetrating injury to the head is considered a form of severe traumatic brain injury. Although uncommon, most neurosurgical centres would have experienced treating patients with such an injury. Despite the presence of well written guidelines for managing these cases, surgical treatment requires...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Malaysian Medical Associations
2012
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/40560/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/40560/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/40560/1/penetrating-head-injury.pdf |
| Summary: | Penetrating injury to the head is considered a form of severe
traumatic brain injury. Although uncommon, most
neurosurgical centres would have experienced treating
patients with such an injury. Despite the presence of well
written guidelines for managing these cases, surgical
treatment requires an individualized approach tailored to
the situation at hand. We describe a collection of three cases
of non-missile penetrating head injury which were managed
in two main Neurosurgical centres within Malaysia and the
unique management approaches for each of these cases. |
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