• Juma M Mzimbiri, Jian Li, Mdaish A Bajawi, Song Lan, Fenghua Chen, and Jinfang Liu.
• Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China; Department of Neurosurgery, Muhimbili Orthopedic and Neurosurgical Institute, Dar es salaam, Tanzania.
• World Neurosurg. 2016 Mar 1; 87: 26-34.

BackgroundOrbitocranial penetrating injuries (OPI) are an unfamiliar subset of head injury and are particularly rare in clinical practice. They are usually the result of falls or motor vehicle collisions and occur more commonly in children, who are prone to trauma while playing games improperly.MethodsWe present a retrospective review of 5 cases of OPI treated in the Neurotrauma Department at Xiangya Hospital of Central South University in the last 5 years. Also, we performed comprehensive literature searches using Web of Science and the terms "orbitocranial injury," "penetrating ocular trauma," "penetrating orbital trauma," and "transorbital chopstick penetrating injury" to search for presentation, mechanism of injury, and management of transorbital penetrating injury.ResultsIn 2 patients, there was right internal carotid artery occlusion while in other 2 patients, the penetrating objects reached the brainstem through the cavernous sinus, resulting in orbital apex syndrome. All patients underwent a thorough physical examination followed by diagnostic imaging. The cases were successfully managed surgically by removing the foreign bodies through their trajectories.ConclusionsComputed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and computed tomography angiography are key imaging modalities that are frequently used to determine the course of the foreign object and the extent of brain tissue injury as well as to rule out vascular injury in these types of cases. Early surgical exploration by a multidisciplinary team approach is essential to attain good recovery and a favorable outcome.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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