@article{ref1,
title="Gunshot penetrating brain injury in children: report of three cases with review of the literature",
journal="Child's nervous system",
year="2018",
author="Liu, Raynald and Liu, Yuhan and Liu, Wei and Liu, Xujun and Gong, Jian and Li, Chunde and Tian, Yongji",
volume="34",
number="8",
pages="1459-1463",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Gunshot penetrating brain injury is common in military conflict area and in urban violence area, but similar incident in pediatric population is rarely reported. CASE REPORT: We reported three cases of gunshot penetrating brain injury in children. Two patients had a good recovery after surgery and no significant deficit on his neurologic function, the other patient was not having surgery due to the severity of the condition. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: We suggest surgery should be performed immediately to prevent further injury and refractory brain edema due to the injury, in any case of penetrating brain injury; a good prognosis can be achieved from early surgery and with appropriate post-operative treatment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0256-7040",
doi="10.1007/s00381-018-3858-y",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00381-018-3858-y"
}