He really hit the nail on the head – and not in a good way.
A construction worker miraculously survived – and kept his sight – after a 3cm nail was shot through his eye and lodged in his brain when the nail gun malfunctioned.
In nail-biting surgery, doctors in Malaysia successfully removed the nail — and the 30-year-old man even regained his sight after a workplace accident, according to a medical study published this week.
The man, a foreign worker, used an air-pressure nail gun without wearing protective glasses. The equipment jammed, and when he peered into the barrel of the rifle to examine it, he accidentally fired a nail into his left eye.
Besides complaining of obvious pain in his left eye – which was bleeding extensively – and a headache, he had no other obvious problems when he arrived at the hospital and was completely cooperative and conscious, doctors said.
X-rays revealed the nail was embedded in the man’s brain after it entered through his left eye. Cureus.com A three-dimensionally reconstructed brain shows how the nail penetrated the roof of the left orbit and lodged in the frontal lobe. Cureus.com
The patient could not see out of the eye, they said.
Doctors immediately gave him a tetanus shot, an antibiotic drip and anti-seizure medication.
Shocking X-ray images show the nail, measuring 3.2cm, stuck deep into the frontal lobe of the man’s brain — which is important for movement and speech. The bleeding had spread to other parts of his brain.
He also suffered a laceration to the lateral canthus of his left eye – where the two eyelids meet – and a fracture of the left orbital roof and floor, according to the study, published in the medical journal Cureus.
The nail somehow missed an important artery and nerve, and he escaped any long-term damage, the study said.
The man also suffered a fracture to the left orbital roof and floor. Cureus.com
He underwent emergency brain surgery, which was successful, and doctors repaired his eyelids.
“The nail was successfully removed as a single piece, and there was no active bleeding after nail removal,” the doctor wrote.
Doctors keep the eyes hydrated and wear them every day while in the hospital. He was discharged after five days.
“He recovered well during the post-operative period with no neurological deficit,” the doctor said.
Although his eyes appeared to be recovering well, the man still could not see light through his left eye and could not close it properly a week later. He returned to his home country for further treatment.
“This case highlights the importance of wearing the right personal protective equipment in the workplace,” the study confirmed.
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Source: thtrangdai.edu.vn/en/
