• J Trauma · Apr 1985

    Case Reports

    Crowbar impalement of the brain.

    • L M Jacobs, L D Berrizbeitia, and J Ordia.
    • J Trauma. 1985 Apr 1;25(4):359-61.

    AbstractThe management of impaled foreign objects is always a challenge. Stabilization of the object, control of hemorrhage, and adherence to the basic principles of airway and breathing control are hallmarks of prehospital management. Once the patient is in the hospital, a careful assessment of the involved vital structures is essential before removal is attempted. A penetrating injury to the left hemisphere of the brain with a crowbar is presented. This case demonstrates the characteristics of these injuries in terms of extrication, assessment, management of complications, and neurologic sequelae.

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