[Leica] KIH ER image.....

[Steve Barbour]

> On May 14, 2015, at 5:05 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/KIH/skull.jpg.html
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> so what do you think?
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> steve

--a young child of 4-5 years wondered onto a construction site.  An explosion launched a five foot long piece of rebar, that struck the child in the head, it penetrated the brain coming from a right lateral direction, narrowly missed the right orbit, and came to rest as shown in this x-ray, made on arrival at the hospital, just above the right orbit, with its tip inside the brain as shown.

Wisely, the metal bar was not removed at the construction site, it and the child were carefully supported and transported to a high level pediatric hospital, where emergency neurosurgeons could take a look, and in the operating room remove the bar, avoiding further trauma, and carefully controlling bleeding. Stat consultations were obtained  with ICU, infectious disease, and neurology physicians ...The child did well, healing fine, with no clinical damage.

Marty, brilliantly identified this film, as showing penetrating trauma.


steve