Author/Editor		Klun, B; Janković, V
Title		Stunning device as a suicide weapon
Type		članek
Source		Acta Neurochir (Wien)
Vol. and No.		Letnik 97, št. 3-4
Publication year		1989
Volume		str. 111-3
Language		eng
Abstract		Thirteen patients who had attempted suicide with the stunning device, were treated over a time span of eleven years. Five of them died. The survivors made a satisfactory recovery with minor neurological sequelae only. The characteristics of this type of brain injury are: high incidence of infection (all developed meningitis and six of them brain abscesses), with prevalence of gram negative animal strains and technical difficulties in removing foreign bodies from the deeper part of the missile track.
Descriptors		BRAIN INJURIES HEAD INJURIES SUICIDE SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED ADULT AGED EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES MIDDLE AGE