A stab in the back with a screwdriver: a case report

BACKGROUND: Stabbings infrequently produce spinal injury. However, the use weapons other than blades can overcome this natural defence barrier. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a spinal injury produced by a screwdriver, its management and a review of the literature. CONCLUSION: This case highlights the...

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Autores principales: Bhutta, Mohammed A, Dunkow, Paul D, Lang, Derick M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2588581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19014454
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-305
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description BACKGROUND: Stabbings infrequently produce spinal injury. However, the use weapons other than blades can overcome this natural defence barrier. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a spinal injury produced by a screwdriver, its management and a review of the literature. CONCLUSION: This case highlights the need for clinical vigilance, including in those who appear stable and a senior multidisciplinary approach to each individual case.
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spelling pubmed-25885812008-11-28 A stab in the back with a screwdriver: a case report Bhutta, Mohammed A Dunkow, Paul D Lang, Derick M Cases J Case Report BACKGROUND: Stabbings infrequently produce spinal injury. However, the use weapons other than blades can overcome this natural defence barrier. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a spinal injury produced by a screwdriver, its management and a review of the literature. CONCLUSION: This case highlights the need for clinical vigilance, including in those who appear stable and a senior multidisciplinary approach to each individual case. BioMed Central 2008-11-11 /pmc/articles/PMC2588581/ /pubmed/19014454 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-305 Text en Copyright © 2008 Bhutta et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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