@article{ref1,
title="Penetrating Spinal Injury by a Projectile Diamond Bead in a Limestone Quarry",
journal="Injury extra",
year="2008",
author="Synnott, Keith and Laing, Alan J. and Moriarty, John M. and Collins, Anne M.",
volume="39",
number="2",
pages="62-64",
abstract="Penetrating spinal injuries in the civilian population are uncommon. Gunshots account for the majority of cases, with infrequent reports of other foreign bodies as causative agents. This report describes a patient cauda equina syndrome as a result of a penetrating spinal injury by a projectile diamond bead.  <p>While operating a jackhammer, a 39-year-old man stood approximately 100 m behind a diamond wire saw, a stone cutting device commonly used in the stone quarry industry. The diamond-studded wire snapped resulting in high-speed projection of its components including the diamond beads. One such bead impacted with the patient's lower back.</p>  <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1572-3461",
doi="10.1016/j.injury.2007.06.017",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2007.06.017"
}