Citation

Agu CT, Orjiaku ME. Int. J. Surg. Case Rep. 2015; 19: 115-118.

Affiliation

Surgical Registrar Imo State University Teaching Hospital, Orlu, Nigeria.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.12.035

PMID

26745316

Abstract

A nail impalement injury to the brain usually results from accidents like falls or nail gun miss-fires or suicide attempts or from barbaric punishment for certain crimes which are rarely practiced in some remote areas. We present an unusual, intentional, self-impalement of a 4in. nail into the brain in a mentally challenged young man. This case report describes the challenges encountered in the management of a patient with impaled nail in the brain in a non-neurosurgical centre.

Language: en