A moral man, Phineas Gage Tamping powder down holes for his wage Blew his special-made probe Through his left frontal lobe Now he drinks, swears, and flies in a rage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage
Michael Schuh I am referring in particular to the fact the surface of the object is not smooth. ouch. Regarding the laser beam - there is a case of a Russian scientist who survived putting his head through a proton beam http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski
There are a few cases of impaled skulls, ...anyways in some cases twisting gently the object and pull it out the same way it came in may be a solution, but most of the time a craniotomy or craniectomy is performed in order to gain access to the impaled object.
On a sports day a kid at my school (in the eighties) took a wrong turn and wandered into the path of a javelin thrower, the object embedded itself firmly in his skull. He survived, and in fact continued to walk around for a while not quite knowing what had happened. The attending fire crew had to saw off part of it so (I guess) he could better fit inside the ambulance and to reduce the chance of it causing further injury.
That didn't take long to diagnose. Lucky to survive but not so lucky to have rebar in their head.
ReplyDeleteVery true Chad.
ReplyDeleteA moral man, Phineas Gage
ReplyDeleteTamping powder down holes for his wage
Blew his special-made probe
Through his left frontal lobe
Now he drinks, swears, and flies in a rage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage
Wow!
ReplyDeleteWas this your patient? And how will his/her quality of life be going forward?
ReplyDeleteCorina Marinescu how do you remove something like that without causing further damage???
ReplyDeleteLol Chad.
ReplyDeleteThe patient may or may not experience headache in the future...
ReplyDeleteMichael Schuh I am referring in particular to the fact the surface of the object is not smooth. ouch. Regarding the laser beam - there is a case of a Russian scientist who survived putting his head through a proton beam http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski
ReplyDeleteJesus christ. /speechless
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing how small things you can die of and how extreme things you can survive.
ReplyDeleteWas there damage to the brain or was it mostly pushed aside?
There are a few cases of impaled skulls, ...anyways in some cases twisting gently the object and pull it out the same way it came in may be a solution, but most of the time a craniotomy or craniectomy is performed in order to gain access to the impaled object.
ReplyDeleteWell now that's going to leave a mark...
ReplyDeleteFirst of all: How did that even happen?!
ReplyDeleteSecondly: Impressive that he survived!
Major brain trauma aside, I'm amazed that the bar also managed to miss the carotid artery. Dude needs to take up playing lottery.
ReplyDeletetypical architect death ... with slippers on a snowy scaffolding ... gliding down ...
ReplyDeleteOn a sports day a kid at my school (in the eighties) took a wrong turn and wandered into the path of a javelin thrower, the object embedded itself firmly in his skull. He survived, and in fact continued to walk around for a while not quite knowing what had happened. The attending fire crew had to saw off part of it so (I guess) he could better fit inside the ambulance and to reduce the chance of it causing further injury.
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