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Revista Cubana de Cirugía
versión On-line ISSN 1561-2945
Resumen
GONZALEZ ORLANDI, Yvei et al. Skull penetrating wound. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2011, vol.50, n.2, pp. 217-222. ISSN 1561-2945.
The cranioencephalic trauma is common in the emergence centers to care for patients with multiple traumata and it becames in a health problem in many countries. Skull penetrating trauma is located in a special place due to its low frequency. In present paper a case of male patient aged 52 severely skull-injured with penetrating wound caused by a cold steel that remained introduced into the left frontotemporal region. After an imaging study the emergence surgical treatment was applied and patient evolves adequately after 25 days of hospitalization. Nowadays, she is under rehabilitation treatment due to a residual right hemiparesis.
Palabras clave : Penetrating trauma; cold steel; skull.