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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2022-08-01
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Series: | Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine |
Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7z96g4bn |