Citation

Seçer M, Ulutaş M, Yayla E, Cınar K. Int. J. Surg. Case Rep. 2014; 5(3): 149-151.

Affiliation

Department of Neurosurgery, Şehitkamil State Hospital, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.01.009

PMID

24566426

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: This report describes a rare case of the gunshot injury of the spine and spinal cord. PRESENTATION OF CASE: A rare case of the bullet lodged intra-durally in the upper cervical region without damaging the vertebrae or the spinal cord. The bullet was removed as microneurosurgical and duraplasty was performed. DISCUSSION: Surgical management of the gunshot wounds of the spine and spinal cord is not widely advocated and controversial. CONCLUSION: Advances in microneurosurgical instrumentation and microscopic techniques may open up a new era of surgical treatment of spinal cord gunshot wounds.

Language: en