Penetrating head and brain injuries with nonmetal foreign bodies

Potapov A.A.; Okhlopkov V.A.; Latyshev Ia.A.; Serova N.K.; Eolchiian S.A.

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Potapov A.A.

NII neĭrokhirurgii im. akad. N.N. Burdenko RAMN, Moskva

Okhlopkov V.A.

GBOU "Omskaia gosudarstvennaia meditsinskaia akademiia" Ministerstva zdravookhraneniia Rossiĭskoĭ Federatsii

Latyshev Ia.A.

FGBNU "NII neĭrokhirurgii im. akad. N.N. Burdenko", Moskva

Serova N.K.

NII neĭrokhirurgii im. N.N. Burdenko RAMN, Moskva

Eolchiian S.A.

NII neĭrokhirurgii im. N.N. Burdenko RAMN, Moskva

Penetrating head and brain injuries with nonmetal foreign bodies

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Potapov A.A., Okhlopkov V.A., Latyshev Ia.A., Serova N.K., Eolchiian S.A.

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Journal: Burdenko's Journal of Neurosurgery. 2014;78(6): 101‑106

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Potapov AA, Okhlopkov VA, Latyshev IaA, Serova NK, Eolchiian SA. Penetrating head and brain injuries with nonmetal foreign bodies. Burdenko's Journal of Neurosurgery. 2014;78(6):101‑106. (In Russ., In Engl.)

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Abstract:

Penetrating brain injuries (PBI) are common in neurosurgical practice. Most of them are civil or war-time missile and blast injuries. This type of trauma is widely presented in neurosurgical publications, textbooks and clinical evidence-based guidelines. At the same time, PBI by non-metallic foreign bodies are very rare. All the data are limited to case reports and small series of cases. Moreover, there are no clinical considerations on diagnosis, treatment, complications, outcome and prognosis of PBI by non-metallic penetrating brain injuries. In this review all the data are summarized to provide recommendations on the diagnosis and treatment of PBI by non-metallic foreign bodies.

Keywords:

penetrating brain injury (PBI)

penetrating craniofacial trauma

non-metallic foreign bodies

transorbital injuries

brain abscess

Authors:

Potapov A.A.

NII neĭrokhirurgii im. akad. N.N. Burdenko RAMN, Moskva

Okhlopkov V.A.

GBOU "Omskaia gosudarstvennaia meditsinskaia akademiia" Ministerstva zdravookhraneniia Rossiĭskoĭ Federatsii

Latyshev Ia.A.

FGBNU "NII neĭrokhirurgii im. akad. N.N. Burdenko", Moskva

Serova N.K.

NII neĭrokhirurgii im. N.N. Burdenko RAMN, Moskva

Eolchiian S.A.

NII neĭrokhirurgii im. N.N. Burdenko RAMN, Moskva

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