Transorbital brain injuries

Transorbital brain injuries.

A 20 year old man attended the accident and emergency department after an assault with a short bladed knife. He had sustained a stab wound to the right orbit. There was no other significant history. On examination he was alert and orientated with a Glasgow coma scale of 15. Snellen visual acuities were no perception of light right eye and 20/20 left eye. Inspection of the right orbit revealed a...

Management of transorbital brain injury.

Transorbital brain injuries caused by metal bar penetration are uncommon and often cause serious damage without prompt treatment. Artifacts caused by the penetrating metal bar on computed tomography (CT) often obscure the actual brain damage along the path of penetration, and delayed treatment for the brain insult may result. We present 2 cases of transorbital brain injury following penetration...

Surgical treatment of a transorbital penetrating brain injury

Penetrating injury of the skull and brain are relatively uncommon events, representing about 0.4% of all head injuries. Transorbital penetrating brain injury is an unusual occurrence in emergency practice and presents with controversial management. We report the case of a 10-year-old boy who fell forward on a bamboo stick while playing with other children, causing a penetrating transorbital inj...

Transorbital Penetrating Brain Injury with a Large Foreign Body

A 30-year-old man presented with forward protrusion of the left globe one hour after falling in a ditch of wooden sticks. Except for a minor headache, no other neurological abnormality was reported. The patient was well oriented in time, place and person without any neurological deficit. Glasgow coma scale (GCS) score was 15 and all vital signs were within normal limits. Ophthalmic examination ...

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