Neurosurgery
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Case Reports
Acute central cervical spinal cord syndrome caused by missile injury: case report and brief review of the syndrome.
The authors present the second reported case of acute central cervical spinal cord syndrome caused by a missile injury. A low caliber, low velocity bullet penetrated the spinal cord posteroanteriorly at C-2, C-3 in the midline, producing quadriplegia and respiratory failure. ⋯ Injury to the central cervical spinal cord seems to produce a constant syndrome irrespective of the specific nature of the primary injury. The literature on this syndrome is briefly reviewed.
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Historical Article
Perspectives in international neurosurgery: neurosurgery in Sri Lanka.