Raquimedular trauma penetrating thoracic stab without neurological deficit
Keywords:
penetrating spinal cord trauma, spinal cord injury, knife, surgery, treatment, managementAbstract
The penetrating spinal trauma is a very uncommon pathology, corresponds to the third most frequent of spinal medular lesion. We present a case of a patient with penetrating spinal trauma causes by a knife that remained twelve hours embedded at the spinal cord and this patient did not present neurological deficit. For our knowledge, there is only one case reported of a penetrating spinal trauma without a neurological compromise. There are controversies about the management of these lesions and that is why we will to present this case as our experience.
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