Citation

Atabey C, Ersoy T. Ulus. Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2012; 18(2): 181-184.

Affiliation

Department of Neurosurgery, Diyarbakir Military Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey. cematabey@gmail.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dernegi)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

22792828

Abstract

Penetrating landmine injuries are the unavoidable consequences of military conflicts. They are potentially life-threatening. The mortality rates in the literature range from 23% to 92% and are considerably higher in patients admitted with poor neurologic state. Penetrating craniocerebral injuries require early surgical management designated to prevent infection and remove foreign objects, necrotic tissue and complicating blood clots, as well as to minimalize post-traumatic sequelae. We report herein an interesting case of penetrating intracerebral injury with giant shrapnel due to landmine in a 20-year-old young man.

Language: en