Modified Method of Multiple Cranial Burr Holes for Treatment of Total Scalp Avulsion.
- Resource Type
- case study
- Authors
- Patil, Harshad; Rathore, Sunil; Garg, Nitin
- Source
- Neurology India. Nov/Dec2020, Vol. 68 Issue 6, p1459-1461. 3p.
- Subject
- *SCALP
*AVULSION fractures
*INDUSTRIAL equipment
*REIMPLANTATION (Surgery)
*MICROSURGERY
*NEUROSURGERY
*HAIR
- Language
- ISSN
- 0028-3886
Scalp avulsion is a rare but severe injury. It usually happens while using industrial or agriculture machinery. Scalp avulsion results from hair entrapment in a rotating machine. There are various options for treatment of scalp avulsion. Herein, the authors present a case of total scalp avulsion which was treated by multiple trephination technique using neurosurgical burr. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]