No shinkei geka. Neurological surgery
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A 32-year-old male attempted suicide by stabbing his forehead with a kitchen knife, and was sent to our hospital. On admission, he was confused (20-30/JCS), but was able to move his both extremities. Skull X-p, CT scan indicated that the kitchen knife penetrated the frontal bone, reached the cerebrum by way of the frontal sinus. ⋯ Postoperative course was excellent and he was discharged with the wounds well healded, no neurological deficits on the 17th day after the operation. There are several reported cases of such stab injury. Stab injury of the brain was discussed in the literature.
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Case Reports
[Stent-assisted coiling of an acutely ruptured large aneurysm of the internal carotid artery: case report].
A 48-year-old female was referred to our hospital for the management of a ruptured 22-mm-diameter internal carotid aneurysm, located immediately distal to the ophthalmic artery. The right internal carotid artery was completely involved in the aneurysm. Because the right carotid siphon was relatively nontortuous stent-assisted coiling of the aneurysm was attempted 4 days after subarachnoid hemorrhage. ⋯ The patient was discharged on day 37, following the recovery from left hemiparesis within ten days. A DRIVER stent is a low profile coil-type coronary stent, which can be used for the stent-assisted coiling of large internal carotid aneurysms, located distal to the carotid siphon. It seems necessary to continue systemic heparinization for more than 2 days and to administer increased dose or two types of antiplatelet after the stent-assisted coiling of large cerebral aneurysms.