Kumar Apoorva, Pandey Rajendra, Singh Kulwant, Sharma Vivek
Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of Neurosurgery, Varanasi, India.
Turk Neurosurg. 2011;21(3):413-7. doi: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2838-09.3.
To observe the neurological complications arising from various tribal practices and their management. Penetrating head injuries comprise only a small number of total head injuries. A penetrating head injury by deliberate attempt to treat an ailment is almost unheard of.
We present here a case of penetrating head injury caused by stabbing a scissor in head by a local witch doctor in order to treat a psychiatric ailment.
The patient was taken up for for surgery and managed accordingly. Relevant literature was reviewed regarding various foreign bodies in traumatic missile and non missile brain injuries and their surgical management.
观察各种部落习俗引发的神经并发症及其处理方法。穿透性头部损伤仅占头部损伤总数的一小部分。因蓄意尝试治疗疾病而导致的穿透性头部损伤几乎闻所未闻。
我们在此呈现一例由当地巫医为治疗精神疾病而用剪刀刺入头部导致的穿透性头部损伤病例。
该患者接受了手术并得到相应处理。我们查阅了有关创伤性导弹和非导弹性脑损伤中各种异物及其手术处理的相关文献。
