• Neurochirurgia · Jan 1991

    Case Reports

    Shielding of the spinal cord by cervical and facial structures in penetrating trauma.

    • D K Fischer, R K Simpson, R K Narayan, and K L Mattox.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
    • Neurochirurgia (Stuttg). 1991 Jan 1;34(1):37-41.

    AbstractPenetrating trauma to the cervical spine can result in major neurological deficits due to spinal cord damage. Discussed are four civilian cases of dramatic penetrating cervical injuries without spinal cord involvement. These injuries occurred in the anteroposterior direction, and the facial structures and/or vertebral bodies appeared to have provided some protection to the spinal cord. It is proposed that the cervical spinal cord may be less vulnerable to penetrating injuries in the anteroposterior plane due to incrementally collapsible compartments of facial soft tissue and bony sinus structures which can absorb kinetic energy and dissipate momentum.

      Pubmed     Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…