Overview

• After two days unresponsive at home, a 64-year-old man was found with a crossbow arrow embedded in his skull when firefighters forced entry to his Falconara-Ancona apartment.
• CT scans revealed the carbon arrow’s trajectory avoided vital brain structures, allowing Professor Maurizio Iacoangeli and his team to meticulously plan the extraction.
• Dr. Maurizio Gladi and Dr. Klaudia Musteqja performed a two-hour neurosurgical operation at Ospedale di Torrette that successfully removed the arrow.
• The patient remains in critical condition in the hospital’s intensive care unit following the urgent surgery.
• Carabinieri have sealed the apartment for forensic examination and are investigating whether the incident was accidental or intentional.