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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Jan 2018
Case ReportsNeurological recovery after traumatic Cauda Equina syndrome due to glass fragments: An unusual case.
- Mehmet Şenoğlu, Ali Karadağ, Çağlar Türk, and Füsun Demirçivi Özer.
- Department of Neurosurgery, Health Sciences University, Tepecik Research and Training Hospital, İzmir-Turkey. mehmetsenoglu@hotmail.com.
- Ulus Travma Acil Cer. 2018 Jan 1; 24 (1): 82-84.
AbstractPenetrating spinal injuries with foreign bodies are exceedingly rare. To date, pathological problems due to glass fragments in the spinal canal have rarely been reported. In this report, the case presenting with a back laceration, leg pain, and leg weakness was found to have glass frag-ments in the spinal canal at the L2-L3 level by lumbar computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. After L2 total laminectomy and retrieval of the glass fragments, the dura was re-paired. The patient was discharged from the hospital after complete neurological recovery. In cases of spinal canal injuries due to foreign bodies, early operative decompression of the neural elements is the treatment of choice. Patients with Cauda Equina syndrome due to glass fragments have a good prognosis for functional recovery.
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