Penetrating injury to cervical spine from a nail gun
Though modern civilian neurosurgical practice frequently encounters unusual penetrating injuries of cranium and spine; penetrating nail injuries to neck are very rarely described. We describe the case of a 24 year old male who suffered such an injury from a nail gun. The history, radiological studie...
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2009-12-01
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| author | Deepak Kumar Singh Amit Gupta Vineet Saggar RS Mittal |
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| description | Though modern civilian neurosurgical practice frequently encounters unusual penetrating injuries of cranium and spine; penetrating nail injuries to neck are very rarely described. We describe the case of a 24 year old male who suffered such an injury from a nail gun. The history, radiological studies and treatment are presented. Mechanism of injury seems to share characteristics of low velocity projectiles. We discuss the management of this unusual case reviewing the current literature on penetrating neck injuries caused by similar objects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9b1b4cafffa94172b5ad50979f9197f82023-12-03T02:58:18ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.The Indian Journal of Neurotrauma0973-05082009-12-0162147150Penetrating injury to cervical spine from a nail gunDeepak Kumar SinghAmit GuptaVineet SaggarRS MittalThough modern civilian neurosurgical practice frequently encounters unusual penetrating injuries of cranium and spine; penetrating nail injuries to neck are very rarely described. We describe the case of a 24 year old male who suffered such an injury from a nail gun. The history, radiological studies and treatment are presented. Mechanism of injury seems to share characteristics of low velocity projectiles. We discuss the management of this unusual case reviewing the current literature on penetrating neck injuries caused by similar objects.http://www.ijntonline.com/Dec09/abstracts/11.PDFnailnail gunpenetrating neck injury |
| spellingShingle | Deepak Kumar Singh Amit Gupta Vineet Saggar RS Mittal Penetrating injury to cervical spine from a nail gun The Indian Journal of Neurotrauma nail nail gun penetrating neck injury |
| title | Penetrating injury to cervical spine from a nail gun |
| title_full | Penetrating injury to cervical spine from a nail gun |
| title_fullStr | Penetrating injury to cervical spine from a nail gun |
| title_full_unstemmed | Penetrating injury to cervical spine from a nail gun |
| title_short | Penetrating injury to cervical spine from a nail gun |
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| topic | nail nail gun penetrating neck injury |
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