Management of a Low-Energy Penetrating Brain Injury Caused by a Nail

Figure 2

Intraoperative and postoperative figures related to the surgical procedure. (a) Patient underwent general anesthesia; local examination of the head after shaving revealed one curvilinear nail head on the right frontotemporal region with no active signs of bleeding. (b) Curvilinear 7 cm nail was removed. (c) Frontotemporal bone and nail exposure after the skin and subcutaneous incision. (d) Postoperative skin surgical scar with 13 cm length.

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