Treatment of Firearm Wounds to Spinal Column and Spinal Cord (A report of 170 cases)
- VernacularTitle:脊柱脊髓火器伤的救治(附170例报告)
- Author:
Zhuyi LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
spinal cord firearm wounds
- From:
Chinese Journal of Trauma
1991;0(S1):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
From 1979 to 1989, 170 cases of firearm wounds in spinal column and spinal cord were treated. Of them 9 cases were recovered, 34 cases regained satisfactory function, 40 cases improved, 79 cases had no effects and 8 cases died. This article presented clinic materials and discussed the characteristic of such wounds. It was emphasized the early treatment and antishock should be taken, the decompression with laminectomy be done timely and any complication be actively prevented.
