Dealing with the Surgical and Medical Challenges of Penetrating Brain Injuries

Peacetime has reduced the overall incidence of penetrating brain injuries (PBI), and those related to missile penetration are not common anymore at least in western countries. Nevertheless, PBI still occur, and car crashes or work accidents are their main causes. The management of such cases is char...

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Main Authors: Nikolaos Syrmos, Mario Ganau, Antonella De Carlo, Lara Prisco, Laura Ganau, Vasileios Valadakis, Kostantinos Grigoriou, Charalampos Iliadis, Dimitrios Arvanitakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/209750