Construction Worker Shot in Head with 4-Inch Nail Will Survive

A North Texas construction worker is recovering at home after accidentally getting shot in the head with a nail gun.

Doctors at Medical City Plano said the man was just doing his job at a construction site last Friday when someone handed him a nail gun. It went off and fired a four-inch, barbed nail into his brain.

“The skull itself stopped the nail, just like if it was fired into wood. The head of the nail, once it hit the skull, stopped,” said Dr. Rob Dickerman, a Medical City Plano neurosurgeon.

The patient underwent a risky surgery to remove the nail from his dominant lobe.

“You make a wrong move or a millimeter away here or there, it can be a disastrous outcome,” Dr. Dickerman said.

Despite the chances of paralysis or even death, the surgery was a success. Dr. Dickerman expects the man will make a full recovery.

“He awoke and did fine. Scans looked good. There really wasn’t a drop of blood on the post-op scan. He did very well,” he said. “An interesting case with a great outcome and those are always the best.”

Source: Peter Daut, Fox 4 News