Fig. 1

Picture and CT image of the patient. The patient with gunshot wounds showed recovery of the intracranial blood supply and physical ability gradually due to our contribution of surgery.a Multiple gunshot wounds in the skin of this patient; b CT scan revealing large parts of low-density shadows in the right frontal lobe, right parietal lobe and right temporal lobe before the surgery; c CT scan revealing the pellet lodged in the brain; d, e DSA showed the branches after the initial part of the right middle cerebral artery (MCA) were obliterated; f CT scan showed decreased low-density areas with the midline moving back 24 h after the surgery; g Posterior-anterior picture of the patient 2 weeks after the surgery showed a decreased difference between two sides of the face; h The patient left the hospital with myodynamia degree III of his left upper limb, degree V of the proximal part of his left lower limb and degree V of the distal part of his left lower limb