[The ability to recover cerebral function after an isolated craniocerebral trauma].

This article is devoted to the review of the literature regarding a current issue in forensic medical practice - the ability of victims to recover cerebral function after traumatic brain injury. Based on the study and analysis of data from specialized literature and clinical and expert observations, we present the basic systemized information on the recovery of consciousness, and therefore the potential for cerebral function, in victims of traumatic brain injury.

Late diagnosis and removal of a large wooden foreign body in the cranio-orbital region.

The rare case of a large wooden foreign body impaled in the cranio-orbital region, and its late diagnosis and successful removal, is presented. A 26-year-old man was admitted to a regional hospital after suffering a severe penetrating craniocerebral injury from a motorcycle accident. Two months after the accident, computed tomographic examination at Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute revealed a large foreign body located in the cranio-orbital region and penetrating the right temporal lobe, with surrounding abscess development.

Removal of a cranio-orbital foreign body by a supraorbital-pterion approach.

Foreign body removal in blind, penetrating craniocerebral injuries, especially those involving craniobasal localization, could entail additional brain trauma risk. Under such conditions one can use surgical approaches for tumor removal or clipping of intracranial aneurysms. In this report, we present a case of blind, penetrating craniofacial injury in which a supraorbital-pterion approach for foreign body removal was used.