Stab Wounds of the Cauda Equina
| Autor: | Hector J. Leblanc, David G. Kline, Luther W. Gray |
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| Rok vydání: | 1969 |
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Male
musculoskeletal diseases medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Cauda Equina integumentary system business.industry Laminectomy Cauda equina Poison control Lumbar vertebrae Spinal cord Knife wound Stab Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Methods medicine Humans Spinal canal business Spinal Cord Injuries Vertebral column |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Neurosurgery. 31:683-685 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3085 |
| DOI: | 10.3171/jns.1969.31.6.0683 |
| Popis: | NIFE wounds of the spinal canal are rarely reported in civilian practice. The vertebral column offers excellent protection to the enclosed neural elements, and therefore a knife wound inflicted only by the force of a swinging arm does not usually damage the spinal cord or roots. The few stab wounds of the spine reported in the English literature have been in the cervical or upper thoracic regions. Cauda equina lesions of a traumatic nature occur usually in association with gunshot wounds or compression fractures of the lumbar vertebrae. The case we are presenting points out that the criteria for exploration of cauda equina wounds differ from those applied to injuries of the spinal cord. |
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