Penetrating Cranial Trauma Following an Assault by Knife Volume 4 - Issue 1

Youssef Joulali*, Faycal lakhdar, Benzagmout Mohammed, Khalid Chakour and Chaoui el faiz Mohammed

• Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Hassan II Fez, Morocco

Received: May 12, 2020;   Published: May 26, 2020

Corresponding author: Youssef Joulali, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Hassan II Fez, Morocco

DOI: 10.32474/OJNBD.2020.04.000177

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Abstract

Penetrating cranial trauma following an assault by knife remains a very serious pathology which can be fatal for the patient. Surgical management must be done as quickly as possible. CT scan remains essential, an angiography may sometimes be necessary before the surgical procedure. Presenting by this observation, the case of a 28 year old patient, victim of a knife attack, operated at the Hassan II university hospital of Fez-Morocco.

Keywords: Knife; Penetrating cranial trauma; CT Scan

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