TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Penetrating injury of the upper cervical spine by a chopstick--case report
JO  - Neurologia medico-chirurgica
A1  - Takeda, Mariko
A1  - Eguchi, K.
A1  - Yamaguchi, S.
A1  - Shrestha, P.
A1  - Hidaka, Toshikazu
A1  - Kurisu, Kaoru
SP  - 328
EP  - 330
VL  - 47
IS  - 7
N2  - A 35-year-old man presented with penetrating spinal injury after attempting suicide by stabbing a wooden chopstick into his mouth. The object penetrated the pharynx, and the tip entered the spinal canal of the atlantoaxial vertebrae. Emergent surgery disclosed that the tip of the chopstick had penetrated between the dural sac and the vertebral artery. There was no dural tear or vertebral artery injury. The foreign body was removed successfully from the oral side. He recovered without neurological sequelae.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0470-8105
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -