@article{ref1,
title="Post-traumatic cerebral infarction following low-energy penetrating craniocerebral injury caused by a nail",
journal="Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society",
year="2014",
author="Chen, Po-Chuan and Tsai, Shih-Hung and Chen, Yu-Long and Liao, Wen-I",
volume="55",
number="5",
pages="293-295",
abstract="Post-traumatic cerebral infarction (PTCI) is a secondary insult which causes global cerebral hypoxia or hypoperfusion after traumatic brain injury, and carries a remarkable high mortality rate. PTCI is usually caused by blunt brain injury with gross hematoma and/or brain herniation. Herein, we present the case of a 91-year-old male who had sustained PTCI following a low-energy penetrating craniocerebral injury due to a nail without evidence of hematoma. The patient survived after a decompressive craniectomy, but permanent neurological damage occurred. This is the first case of profound PTCI following a low-energy penetrating craniocerebral nail injury and reminds clinicians of possibility this rare dreadful complication for care of head-injured patients.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2005-3711",
doi="10.3340/jkns.2014.55.5.293",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2014.55.5.293"
}