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http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2144| Title: | IMPALEMENT HEAD INJURY WITH SERRATED MEAT KNIFE |
| Other Titles: | BLESSURES AVEC LE COUTEAU CHEF EMPALEMENT VIANDE SERRATED |
| Authors: | Ekedigwe, J E |
| Keywords: | Impalement head injury Jos civil crisis Serrated meat knife |
| Issue Date: | Mar-2012 |
| Publisher: | JOURNAL OF THE WEST AFRICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS |
| Series/Report no.: | Volume 2;No1 |
| Abstract: | An unsuspecting motorcycle passenger was ambushed and impaled on the right side of the head with a 30cm serrated meat carving knife during a sectarian crisis in the city of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. The patient escaped running with the knife in his head and was rescued to a military hospital from where he was promptly transferred within 90 minutes of the incident to the Emergency Department of Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), Jos. Prompt resuscitation and CT brain imaging facilitated a successful neurosurgical intervention and a good outcome in the management of this patient. |
| URI: | http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2144 |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Articles |
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