TY - JOUR PY - 2014// TI - Nail Gun Induced Open Head Injury: A Case Report JO - Korean journal of neurotrauma A1 - Oh, Hyun-Ho A1 - Kim, Young A1 - Park, Sung-Choon A1 - Ha, Young-Soo A1 - Lee, Kyu-Chang SP - 139 EP - 141 VL - IS - N2 - Increasing use of the nail gun has led to higher injury rates from the use of tools with sequential actuation. Nail gun injury can occur to various parts of the body. Very deep penetration in the brain can have fatal results. A 46-year-old male fired shots from a nail gun into his brain in a suicide attempt. This case demonstrated successful surgical management of the resultant open head injury.

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LA - en SN - 2234-8999 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.13004/kjnt.2014.10.2.139 ID - ref1 ER -