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CASE REPORT article

Front. Surg.
Sec. Neurosurgery
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2024.1455178
This article is part of the Research Topic Assessment and Treatment Interventions for Traumatic Brain Injury View all 19 articles

Transoral penetrating craniocerebral injury: A case report and literature review

Provisionally accepted
Hang Xue Hang Xue 1Wei Li Wei Li 2Weitao Zhang Weitao Zhang 3Lei Sun Lei Sun 4Yubo Li Yubo Li 3,5Hongfa Yang Hongfa Yang 3*
  • 1 Yantaishan Hospital, Yantai, Shandong Province, China
  • 2 Jilin University, Changchun, Hebei Province, China
  • 3 Department of Neurotraumatic Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
  • 4 Jiutai People's Hospital, Changchun, China
  • 5 Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China

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    A penetrating brain injury is a rare type of neurosurgical trauma associated with extremely high mortality and disability rates. Penetrating skull base injuries caused by arrows seldom occur because injuries caused by such weapons are more likely to be accidental. However, the number of self-inflicted injuries is increasing, and these injuries have varying patterns and high mortality rates. We report a case of a transoral penetrating craniocerebral injury caused by an arrow in a suicidal patient. Preoperative imaging is crucial for detecting and planning the surgical approach. Surgery is an effective treatment for this type of injury. Additionally, we reviewed previous case reports on this type of injury to provide recommendations for its clinical detection and treatment.

    Keywords: Arrow, Suicide, Transoral, Penetrating craniocerebral injury, Surgery

    Received: 26 Jun 2024; Accepted: 09 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Xue, Li, Zhang, Sun, Li and Yang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Hongfa Yang, Department of Neurotraumatic Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China

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