Suicidal rare craniocerebral injury and its complications

The authors here describe a rare cranio-cerebral injury, which occurred due to a self-inflicted suicidal attempt by the patient, who hammered an 8 cm long nail into his skull. This patient was a known case of schizophrenia. The nail entered in the region of the left parafalx area and reached almost...

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Main Authors: Pradeep Bharti Gupta, Sona B. Kaushal, Uday Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2013-05-01
Series:Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2277-9167.118125