TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Upper cervical spinal cord gunshot injury without bone destruction
JO  - International journal of surgery case reports
A1  - Seçer, Mehmet
A1  - Ulutaş, Murat
A1  - Yayla, Erdal
A1  - Cınar, Kadir
SP  - 149
EP  - 151
VL  - 5
IS  - 3
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2210-2612
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.01.009
ID  - ref1
ER  -