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1: J Fla Med Assoc. 1994 Dec;81(12):822-3.Links

Attempted suicide or hitting the nail on the head. Case report.

Spiers AS.

Division of Medical Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa.

A case is reported of attempted suicide by hammering nails through the skull into the brain. This unique attempt at self-destruction was unsuccessful and the treatment, initially by an untrained first-aider and then by a neurosurgeon, was surprisingly simple. There were no long-term sequelae.

PMID: 7861109 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]