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February 23, 2009

Key to neurosurgery success:

I've just found this remarkable CT scan in a 1997 article entitled 'Trans-orbital penetrating head injury with a door key'.

The paper reports that "A 71-year-old-female was answering the door when she misjudged the step and fell forward impaling herself on the large key protruding from the lock."

She was found with the key still embedded in her head and was transferred to neurosurgery where the key was removed.

Thankfully, the patient recovered with no neurological impairment and only slight difficulties with her vision.


Link to PubMed entry for the case report.

—Vaughan.

Posted at February 23, 2009 10:00 PM

Comments

Lilian Nattel says:

That reminds me of the more recent story about the man who accidentally shot a nail into his head.

Comment posted at February 24, 2009 02:38 AM

Lilian Nattel says:

The link didn't work on that, I'll post it here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25091319/

Comment posted at February 24, 2009 02:38 AM

nealb says:

We had a lecture a couple of weeks a go from one of the profs in glasgow who used the radiograph for his "key points in summary" slide...

Comment posted at February 25, 2009 08:30 PM

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