Patient survives brain surgery for removing a windshield wiper
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A patient survives brain surgery after being impaled by a windshield wiper back in 2016.
Photo Credit: Robert Couse-Baker
A case study was published that seemed to be too bizarre even for Grey’s Anatomy. The study was published on The Surgery Journal where it claims a man had a windshield wiper impaled into his brain. In China, a group of doctors encountered a 35-year old patient who had a windshield wiper enter his left eye. The windshield wiper, doctors suspect, entered the man’s brain through the orbital roof of his eye (i.e. the top of his eye socket).
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The doctors were able to use their skills and take out the hooked windshield wiper.
The surgery did come with a heavy price; the patient’s left brain has suffered massive damage. MRI images show a significant decrease in brain mass. Additionally, the patient’s left eye was irregularly shaped after discharge. The patient was transferred to a medical center to undergo physical therapy. He was released and was in stable condition.
The study states that approximately 40% of stabbing cases are fatal from direct wound or complications. The man’s condition was the result of a car crash.
Source: Pubmed
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