TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Penetrating occipitocervical injury caused by a needlefish
JO  - Cirugía y cirujanos
A1  - Zambito-Brondo, Gerardo F.
A1  - Ana, Jorge F. Sánchez-Santa
A1  - Bustamante-Vidales, Jesús C.
A1  - Pérez-Tagle, Christian A. Chalita
A1  - Kleriga-Grossgerge, Enrique
SP  - 106
EP  - 108
VL  - 89
IS  - Suppl 1
N2  - Penetrating injuries caused by needlefish are very uncommon. Most of them have been reported in the Indo-Pacific region. We report a case of an occipito-cervical penetrating injury that occurred in the Mexican Tropical Pacific, and we describe the treatment of this injury.     Key words: Needlefish; Penetrating injury; Marine injury; Mexican Tropical Pacific    ===    Las heridas penetrantes por pez aguja son poco comunes. La mayor parte de los reportes han sido en la región Indo-Pacífico. Reportamos un caso de herida penetrante occipitocervical ocurrida en el Pacífico tropical mexicano y se describe el tratamiento de esta lesión.     Palabras clave: Pez aguja; Lesión penetrante; Lesión marina; Pacífico tropical mexicano<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0009-7411
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.24875/CIRU.20001375
ID  - ref1
ER  -