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Successful removal of foreign body from skull bone
Coimbatore, Aug 26: Doctors at the Coimbatore medical college hospital have successfully removed a 3.25 cm long aluminum rod through an emergency `craniotomy` on the frontal region of the skull bone of a person.
Coimbatore, Aug 26: Doctors at the Coimbatore
medical college hospital have successfully removed a 3.25 cm
long aluminum rod through an emergency "craniotomy" on the
frontal region of the skull bone of a person.
The aluminium rod had pierced the left side of the forehead of a 31-year-old labourer who had fallen from a height of 15 feet onto a showcase while setting up a 'pandal' early this week, Dr R Saraswathy, hospital dean, told reporters here today.
On examination, the aluminium rod was found in the left frontal region, fracturing the skull bone. The X-ray and brain CT Scan showed the 'insitu foreign body' penetrating both the tables of the skull, fracturing the skull bone with haematoma in the region, she said.
An emergency "craniotomy" was performed on the patient and the rod removed along with fragments of fractured skull bone and blood clot.
The patient, who was presented at the press conference, is now alright and had no problem with his vision or speech, which is normally affected in such incidents, Saraswathy said.
Bureau Report
The aluminium rod had pierced the left side of the forehead of a 31-year-old labourer who had fallen from a height of 15 feet onto a showcase while setting up a 'pandal' early this week, Dr R Saraswathy, hospital dean, told reporters here today.
On examination, the aluminium rod was found in the left frontal region, fracturing the skull bone. The X-ray and brain CT Scan showed the 'insitu foreign body' penetrating both the tables of the skull, fracturing the skull bone with haematoma in the region, she said.
An emergency "craniotomy" was performed on the patient and the rod removed along with fragments of fractured skull bone and blood clot.
The patient, who was presented at the press conference, is now alright and had no problem with his vision or speech, which is normally affected in such incidents, Saraswathy said.
Bureau Report