Open-wound treatment for gunshot to the brain

Pepijn van den Munckhof; Vincent G. Geukers; Fonnet E. Bleeker; Celia E. Allison; W. Peter Vandertop

doi:https://doi.org/10.3171/2012.3.PEDS1225

Open-wound treatment for gunshot to the brain

Pepijn van den Munckhof, Vincent G. Geukers, Fonnet E. Bleeker, Celia E. Allison, W. Peter Vandertop

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The authors report a case of a gunshot wound to the brain in a 2.5-year-old girl. To treat the uncontrollably elevated intracranial pressure, the patient underwent bilateral decompressive craniectomy and experimental open-wound treatment. She recovered to a good functional level. (http://thejns.org/doi/abs/10.3171/2012.3.PEDS1225)

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	64-66
Journal	Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3171/2012.3.PEDS1225
Publication status	Published - 2012

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