Successful repair of an intracranial nail-gun injury involving the parietal region and the superior sagittal sinus

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 567-569

  Sani, Sepehr ^a   Jobe, Kirk W ^a   Byrne, Richard W ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracranial; Nail; Repair; Superior sagittal sinus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE GRAFT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARIETAL LOBE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BUILDING MATERIAL; CRANIAL SINUS; FASCIA; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CRANIAL SINUSES; FASCIA; HUMANS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 27244445185     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.103.3.0567     Document Type: Article

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