Self-inflicted nail-gun injury with 12 cranial penetrations
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:01 am
I was lured to the site by "a unique instance of a severe, high-energy, penetrating orbitocranial injury caused by a solid metallic rod that corresponded to the spray valve lever handle of a kitchen sink pre-rinse spray tap, which was fractured and projected at high speed for an unknown reason" but after wobbling about the site for a bit, past chopsticks and bamboo and other foreign objects found this gem -
Jup, some eejit up n shot himself in the head with a nailgun twelve times!!In this case report, the authors describe a 33-year-old man who presented with headache due to the presence of 12 nail-gun nails impacted in his cranium and cerebral parenchyma.
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After general anesthesia had been induced in the patient, the nails were removed in the operating room.
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This patient is the only known survivor of the largest number of foreign objects (12) to penetrate the skull intentionally. Overall, self-inflicted nail-gun injuries are less common than accidental discharges. A review of the literature, however, suggests that for penetrating brain injury, self-infliction is the more common mechanism.