Penetrating head injury in a paediatric patient caused by an electrical plug

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-200

  López González, Antonio ^a,b   Gutiérrez Marín, Antonio ^a   Álvarez Garijo, José Andrés ^a   Vila Mengual, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrical plug; Paediatric head injury; Penetrating head injury; Perforating head injury; Stab wound; Superior sagittal sinus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INFANT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SKIN FLAP; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; SKULL FRACTURE, DEPRESSED;

EID: 32544451565     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-005-1141-5     Document Type: Article

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