Still Waters Posted January 21, 2012 #1 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Chicago man Dante Autullo was recovering yesterday after having a nail removed from his brain – which he hadn't known was there.Dante Autullo thought his doctors were joking, and that he had merely cut himself with a nail gun while building a shed. But they assured him that the X-ray was real: a nail was lodged in the middle of his brain. Mr Autullo, from Chicago, was recovering on Friday after undergoing surgery at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where doctors removed the 3.75-inch (7.62cm) nail, according to agency reports. The nail had come within millimeters of the part of the brain that controls motor function. "When they brought in the picture, I said to the doctor, 'Is this a joke? Did you get that out of the doctors joke file?'" the 32-year-old recalled. "The doctor said, 'No man, that's in your head.'" Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted January 21, 2012 #2 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I worked as an x-ray/ct and mri tech for a decade and the kinds of oddities you'll see are astounding. This was a very blessed man on that particular day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Fluffs Posted January 22, 2012 #3 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Ouch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted January 22, 2012 #4 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I walked through an emergency room one morning and saw a couple x-ray film on the light box. It was a human hand but perfectly bisected across the knuckles. Later I saw the post op images and the hand and fingers were all reattached with pins..pretty cool stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbefumo Posted January 22, 2012 #5 Share Posted January 22, 2012 He didn't even notice the difference? Obviously a Republican. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted January 22, 2012 #6 Share Posted January 22, 2012 He didn't even notice the difference? Obviously a Republican. Possibly, but definitely a distracted carpenter with a power saw...bad combination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
behaviour??? Posted January 22, 2012 #7 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Hmm, the pic in the main page shows a snake subjected to surgeory? LOL Poor man, but its strange that it wasnt noticed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud the mackem Posted January 22, 2012 #8 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Not noticed,I guess he is what you would call a "numbskull",but the article doesnt say that it was removed,as long as he doesnt turn rusty eh !.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xYlvax Posted January 22, 2012 #9 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Ow. Why do I keep hearing about this? lol some people are thick-headed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert1 Posted January 23, 2012 #10 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Talk about lucky. I'm surprised the man is still alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdesert50 Posted January 23, 2012 #11 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Befits a rereading the famous case of Phineas Gage, the railroad worker who had a tamping rod blasted completely though his brain. As I recall, he recovered with some vision loss and lived a fairly normal life for another dozen or so years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilmaycare Posted January 24, 2012 #12 Share Posted January 24, 2012 He hit the nail on the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherry- Posted February 1, 2012 #13 Share Posted February 1, 2012 omg.. scary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffybunny Posted February 1, 2012 #14 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Befits a rereading the famous case of Phineas Gage, the railroad worker who had a tamping rod blasted completely though his brain. As I recall, he recovered with some vision loss and lived a fairly normal life for another dozen or so years. Yeah, Gage was the center of many studies for the personality change that he underwent. If I recall correctly, the frontal lobe of his brain was taken out with the tamping rod he was using to tamp down explosives into a hole in the ground( a ~6 foot long steel rod...or a 2 meter rod if you swing that way) and the explosive went off and shot the rod up through his jaw, eye and front of his brain. His personality changed immediately after the event and the doctors of the time figured out that part of the brain controlled the personality...voila, the frontal lobotamy was born... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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