@article{ref1,
title="Rebar-induced transpalatal penetrating head trauma: a case report",
journal="Child's nervous system",
year="2021",
author="Keskin, Emrah and Şimşek, Kenan and Kalayci, Murat and Gül, Şanser and Aydın, Hasan Ali",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Penetrating head injuries caused by blunt or piercing objects are rare. In this paper, we present the case of a 9-year-old boy referred to our hospital with  rebar-induced injury. The patient's neurological examination findings were normal. Computed tomography undertaken revealed that the rebar had entered through the oral  cavity transorally-transpalatally, passing the frontal bone, and then exited the  body by piercing the skin. The patient was taken to emergency surgery, and first,  tracheostomy was performed. The rebar had been cut and shortened by the emergency  rescue unit, which resulted in shortening the part of the foreign body that would  pass through the brain parenchyma. During surgery, the rebar was carefully removed  by following the route of the entry. All the defects caused by the foreign body were  surgically repaired using a multidisciplinary approach, including neurosurgery and  plastic and reconstructive surgery, by otolaryngology teams.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0256-7040",
doi="10.1007/s00381-020-05030-6",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00381-020-05030-6"
}