Haninec P, Houstava L, Klener J
Department of Neurosurgery, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Br J Neurosurg. 1996 Jun;10(3):311-4. doi: 10.1080/02688699650040214.
We report a case of traumatic embolization of a shotgun pellet in the middle cerebral artery. The patient was successfully treated by emergency embolectomy performed 12 h after the accident. The literature seems to support the protective role of surgical treatment against cerebral ischaemia and subsequent infarction in such cases.