Transnasal penetrating brain injury with a ball-pen

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-160

  Sharif, Salman ^a,b   Roberts, G ^a   Phillips, J ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ball pen; Brain; Foreign body; Trans nasal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CRANIOTOMY; EPISTAXIS; FOREIGN BODY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 0034104451     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690050004660     Document Type: Article

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