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Does Surgical Intervention Help with Neurological Recovery in a Lumbar Spinal Gun Shot Wound? A Case Report and Literature Review
The third leading cause of spinal injuries are gunshot wounds to the spine, accounting for 15.2% of all spinal cord injuries. Treatment for gunshot wound spinal cord injuries (GSWSCI) remains variable, with indications for surgery being controversial. There is no clear evidence or guidelines that ca...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6706263/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31467812 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4978 |
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author | Scott, Kyle W Trumbull, Denslow A Clifton, William Rahmathulla, Gazanfar |
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description | The third leading cause of spinal injuries are gunshot wounds to the spine, accounting for 15.2% of all spinal cord injuries. Treatment for gunshot wound spinal cord injuries (GSWSCI) remains variable, with indications for surgery being controversial. There is no clear evidence or guidelines that can help spine surgeons decide and direct surgical intervention. With the paucity of available literature, we report an interesting case of a gunshot injury to the lumbar spine at L1-L2, discuss the presentation and outcome, and evaluate relevant literature. A 27-year-old incarcerated male patient presented with a conus cauda equina asymmetrical injury involving the lower extremities and required initial medical stabilization in the intensive care unit (ICU). He subsequently underwent delayed surgical treatment with decompression and fragment resection at L1-L2. The patient improved neurologically to the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Classification D and eventually regained nearly all lower extremity neurological function. Despite considerable evidence favoring the conservative management of GSWSCI and the absence of guidelines or recommendations on surgical interventions, our case report demonstrates that surgical intervention in appropriately selected patients can yield good recovery of neurological function and improvement in the quality of life. The key remains careful patient selection, the appropriate location of the retained fragment, and the extent of neurological injury that occurred. We feel surgical decompression and fragment removal, along with debridement, can result in good neurological recovery and long-term outcomes. |
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spelling | pubmed-67062632019-08-29 Does Surgical Intervention Help with Neurological Recovery in a Lumbar Spinal Gun Shot Wound? A Case Report and Literature Review Scott, Kyle W Trumbull, Denslow A Clifton, William Rahmathulla, Gazanfar Cureus Neurosurgery The third leading cause of spinal injuries are gunshot wounds to the spine, accounting for 15.2% of all spinal cord injuries. Treatment for gunshot wound spinal cord injuries (GSWSCI) remains variable, with indications for surgery being controversial. There is no clear evidence or guidelines that can help spine surgeons decide and direct surgical intervention. With the paucity of available literature, we report an interesting case of a gunshot injury to the lumbar spine at L1-L2, discuss the presentation and outcome, and evaluate relevant literature. A 27-year-old incarcerated male patient presented with a conus cauda equina asymmetrical injury involving the lower extremities and required initial medical stabilization in the intensive care unit (ICU). He subsequently underwent delayed surgical treatment with decompression and fragment resection at L1-L2. The patient improved neurologically to the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Classification D and eventually regained nearly all lower extremity neurological function. Despite considerable evidence favoring the conservative management of GSWSCI and the absence of guidelines or recommendations on surgical interventions, our case report demonstrates that surgical intervention in appropriately selected patients can yield good recovery of neurological function and improvement in the quality of life. The key remains careful patient selection, the appropriate location of the retained fragment, and the extent of neurological injury that occurred. We feel surgical decompression and fragment removal, along with debridement, can result in good neurological recovery and long-term outcomes. Cureus 2019-06-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6706263/ /pubmed/31467812 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4978 Text en Copyright © 2019, Scott et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Neurosurgery Scott, Kyle W Trumbull, Denslow A Clifton, William Rahmathulla, Gazanfar Does Surgical Intervention Help with Neurological Recovery in a Lumbar Spinal Gun Shot Wound? A Case Report and Literature Review |
title | Does Surgical Intervention Help with Neurological Recovery in a Lumbar Spinal Gun Shot Wound? A Case Report and Literature Review |
title_full | Does Surgical Intervention Help with Neurological Recovery in a Lumbar Spinal Gun Shot Wound? A Case Report and Literature Review |
title_fullStr | Does Surgical Intervention Help with Neurological Recovery in a Lumbar Spinal Gun Shot Wound? A Case Report and Literature Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Does Surgical Intervention Help with Neurological Recovery in a Lumbar Spinal Gun Shot Wound? A Case Report and Literature Review |
title_short | Does Surgical Intervention Help with Neurological Recovery in a Lumbar Spinal Gun Shot Wound? A Case Report and Literature Review |
title_sort | does surgical intervention help with neurological recovery in a lumbar spinal gun shot wound? a case report and literature review |
topic | Neurosurgery |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6706263/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31467812 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4978 |
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