Mehmet Seçer1, Murat Ulutaş2, Erdal Yayla3, Kadir Cınar3. 1. Department of Neurosurgery, Deva Hospital, Turkey. Electronic address: memetsecer@yahoo.com. 2. Department of Neurosurgery, Sanko Hospital, Turkey. 3. Department of Neurosurgery, Şehitkamil State Hospital, Turkey.
Abstract
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.
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.
Authors: R Shane Tubbs; Matthew D Smyth; John C Wellons; Jeffrey P Blount; Paul A Grabb; W Jerry Oakes Journal: J Neurosurg Date: 2003-04 Impact factor: 5.115