No shinkei geka. Neurological surgery
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The authors report a rare case of intracranial glass injury due to a temporal head injury. This 72-year-old man slipped on a bathroom floor, impacting a glass door with his head and right shoulder. His right temporal scalp and right shoulder were cut by the broken glass. ⋯ According to the literature, most of the intracranial foreign bodies occur around the orbital, the frontal sinus, and the nasal areas. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an intracranial glass penetrating injury to the temporal lobe. Since the clinical manifestations occasionally do not correspond to the appearance of the laceration after glass penetrating injuries, serious caution concerning patients with intracranial glass penetrating injuries is important.
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Case Reports
[Middle meningeal artery embolization for refractory chronic subdural hematoma: 3 case reports].
The authors present three cases of refractory chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) treated by embolization of the middle meningeal artery (MMA) after several unsuccessful drainage procedures. The patients were initially treated by the usual method of burr hole and irrigation of the hematoma. After recurrence, several percutaneous puncture and drainage procedures were unable to prevent re-collection of the hematoma. ⋯ No enlargement of the hematoma was seen after embolization and, gradually, complete resolution of the hematoma was obtained. The outcome of the patients was excellent in all three cases. This new therapeutic approach to recurrent CSDH is discussed.