Nail Gun Injury of the Trachea and Spinal Cord

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 th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kohei Shibahashi, Kenji Numata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2022-08-01
Series:Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7z96g4bn