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Six nails in the head: multiple pneumatic nail gun head injury
- Source :
- British Journal of Neurosurgery. 24:493-494
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2010.
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Abstract
- A 62-year-old man was admitted to our hospital after attempting to commit suicide with a pneumatic nail gun. Six nails were launched. Because the nail head acted as a brake, the launched nail could make a hole in the skull but could not entirely pass it.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Head (watercraft)
integumentary system
Construction Materials
business.industry
Head injury
Suicide, Attempted
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Foreign Bodies
medicine.disease
Surgery
Radiography
Nail (fastener)
Head Injuries, Penetrating
Humans
Nail gun
Medicine
Neurology (clinical)
skin and connective tissue diseases
business
human activities
health care economics and organizations
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1360046X and 02688697
- Volume :
- 24
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- British Journal of Neurosurgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....dafecf141f8522a05d587a769a8594ea