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Sat, May 28, 2022 | 22:36
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Man didn’t notice 8.25 cm nail go into his brain
머리에 박힌 대형 못… 모르고 지냈다 美 30대, 머리에 8cm 못 박힌 채 36시간 지내
Posted : 2012-01-25 18:19
Updated : 2012-01-25 18:19
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A Chicago man accidentally shot a 8.25cm (3.25in) nail into his skull but is recovering after doctors successfully removed it from the center of his brain, according to local reports.

Dante Autullo, 32, had no idea the nail had entered his brain for 36 hours, until he began feeling nauseous. He received the removal surgery at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn on Jan. 19.

Autullo, a father of four, was building a shed in his garage on Jan. 17 and using a nail gun above his head when the sensor accidentally released a nail into his brain.

"It really felt like I got punched on the side of the head," he said, “but I continued working because I thought it went past my ear."

Autullo went on with his day, but woke up the next day feeling nauseated with a nasty headache. He visited the hospital and found out that he had a nail lodged in his brain.

When doctors showed him the bright white silhouette of the nail on his X-ray, Autullo couldn't believe it. "I thought it was a joke.”

Doctors said that the nail came within millimeters from the part of the brain that controls motor function, and he was rushed by ambulance to the other hospital for more specialized care.

Hospital spokesman Mike Maggio said the surgery took four hours, and some part of the skull had to be removed, but was replaced with a titanium mesh. Autullo is reportedly fine and recovering well at home. "It's amazing, a miracle" his fiancee said.

While there are pain-sensitive nerves on a person's skull, there aren't any within the brain itself, which is why Autullo would have felt the nail strike the skull, but not penetrate his brain, doctors said.

머리에 박힌 대형 못… 모르고 지냈다 美 30대, 머리에 8cm 못 박힌 채 36시간 지내
자신의 머리 속에 약 8cm 길이의 못이 박혀 있는 줄도 모르고 36시간 이상 일상생활을 지속하다 뒤늦게 병원을 찾아 수술을 받은 미국의 30대 남성이 화제를 모으고 있다. 21일(현지시간) 시카고 언론들에 따르면 시카고 교외 올랜드파크에 사는 던테 어툴로(32)는 지난 19일 오크론 크라이스트 메디컬 센터에서 머리 속에 박혀 있던 8cm 길이의 못을 제거하는 수술을 받고 현재 회복 중이다. 어툴로는 "병원을 찾기 전까지 머리에 못이 박혀 있다는 사실을 전혀 몰랐다"며 "의사가 농담하는 것으로 생각했다"고 말했다. 어툴로는 지난 17일 자신의 집 차고에서 수납장을 만들던 중 부지불식간에 전기 네일건(Nail gun)을 자신의 머리에 쏘았다. 네일건은 압축 공기를 이용해 못을 박는 장비다. 그는 작업 도중 방아쇠에 손을 올려놓은 상태에서 네일건을 머리 측면으로 향하게 했는데 이때 네일건에 부착된 센서가 그의 머리를 평편한 표면으로 인식하고 못을 발사한 것으로 추정된다. 그러나 어툴로는 네일건이 작동 소리만 냈을 뿐이고 머리에 난 상처는 네일건이 부딪치면서 난 찰과상이라고 생각했다. 그는 상처 부위에 간단히 소독약만 바른 후 집 앞에 쌓인 눈을 치웠고 다음 날 아무렇지 않게 출근도 했다. 하지만 이틀 후부터 속이 메스꺼운 증상이 나타났고 그는 약혼녀와 병원을 찾았다. 엑스레이 사진 촬영 결과, 어툴로의 뇌 정중앙에 8cm 길이의 못이 박혀 있었다. 담당 의사는 "못의 위치가 뇌에서 운동 기능의 조절과 제어를 맡는 부분을 아슬아슬하게 빗겨갔다"고 말했다. 병원 측은 "4시간여에 걸친 수술을 통해 두개골 일부와 못을 제거했다"며 "부종, 출혈, 발열 등 합병증 발생에 유념하면서 집중 치료 중"이라고 밝혔다.
 
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