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Positive Outcome After a Small-Caliber Gunshot Fracture of the Upper Cervical Spine without Neurovascular Damage

BACKGROUND: Gunshot wounds to the cervical spine most frequently concur with serious injuries to the spinal cord and cervical vessels and often have a fatal outcome. CASE REPORT: We describe the case of a 35-year-old male with a complex fracture of the C2 vertebra body and a mandibular fracture afte...

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Autores principales: Walter, Thula, Schwabe, Philipp, Schaser, Klaus-Dieter, Maurer, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4811303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27081417
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/PJR.895529