Transorbital Intracranial Penetrating Injury from Impaling an on Earpick

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Title Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, March 2007, Volume 27, Issue 1
Date 2007-03
Language eng
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Type Text
Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
ARK ark:/87278/s6477h01
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 225639
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6477h01

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Title Transorbital Intracranial Penetrating Injury from Impaling an on Earpick
Creator Yamashita, T; Mikami, T; Baba, T; Minamida, Y; Sugino, T; Koyanagi, I; Nonaka, T; Houkin, K
Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan.
Abstract An inebriated 86-year-old man impaled himself on a wooden earpick that penetrated through the superior orbital fissure into the prepontine cistern. The patient underwent surgery immediately by a lateral suboccipital approach, and the earpick was pulled out through the wound with control of hemorrhage from the cavernous sinus. He survived this event with no neurologic deficits apart from complete ipsilateral ophthalmoplegia and ptosis. Prompt imaging and surgical intervention allowing direct visualization of the foreign body and prevention of intracranial complications are part of proper management of this problem.
Subject Older people, 80 and over; Eye Foreign Bodies, diagnosis; Eye Foreign Bodies, surgery; Eyelids, injuries; Follow-Up Studies; Head Injuries, Penetrating, diagnosis; Head Injuries, Penetrating, surgery; Humans; Male; Neurosurgical Procedures, methods; Orbit, injuries; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Trauma Severity Indices
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Format application/pdf
Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 225630
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6477h01/225630