Self-inflicted bilateral penetrating brain injury with a nail gun in an African American male: illustrative case
The case illustrates the importance of exploring the BPSE context of patients with TBI to guide multidisciplinary care that optimizes outcomes and to inform prevention strategies that can reduce the incidence of similar injuries. https://thejns.org/doi/10.3171/CASE24520.
Authors
- Tim B. Bigdeli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2215-5946)
- Tadeusz Wroblewski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8082-1997)
- Zerubabbel K. Asfaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6046-1699)
- Marie-Claire Roberts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1625-3246)
- David P. Lerner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0195-1604)
- Ernest Joseph Barthélemy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4001-9342)
- Favour C. Ononogbu-Uche (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7548-0261)
- Aaliyah Schultz
Institutions
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (US)
- Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center (US)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurosurgery Case Lessons
- Published
- 2025-02-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/case24520
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities