Citation

Binitie O, Shilong D, Ugwu B, Ekedigwe J, Oyeniran O, Adighije P, Mairiga A, Ninmol P, Alayande B. J. West Afr. Coll. Surg. 2012; 2(1): 67-74.

Affiliation

Neurosurgery Division, Department of Surgery, Jos University Teaching Hospital, P. M. B. 2076, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, The West African College of Surgeons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

25452978

Abstract

An unsuspecting motorcycle passenger was ambushed and impaled on the right side of the head with a 30cm serrated meat carving knife during a sectarian crisis in the city of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. The patient escaped running with the knife in his head and was rescued to a military hospital from where he was promptly transferred within 90 minutes of the incident to the Emergency Department of Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), Jos. Prompt resuscitation and CT brain imaging facilitated a successful neurosurgical intervention and a good outcome in the management of this patient.

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