TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Nail gun injury of the trachea and spinal cord
JO  - Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine
A1  - Shibahashi, Kohei
A1  - Numata, Kenji
SP  - 252
EP  - 253
VL  - 6
IS  - 3
N2  - INTRODUCTION: A 26-year-old man was impaled by a nail after a nail gun accident. He was fully conscious with weakness and loss of sensation in the extremities. Cervical computed tomography showed a 9-centimeter long nail penetrating the spinal cord. The nail was removed surgically six hours after the incident. Neurological deficits gradually improved, and at three-month follow-up the patient had completely recovered from muscle weakness and reported only mild sensory deficits in the bilateral sole of his foot. <br><br>DISCUSSION: This case showed a favorable neurological course, which may be attributed to the fact that the cervical spinal cord injury did not involve the corticospinal tracts and anterior horn.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2474-252X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2022.3.56410
ID  - ref1
ER  -