Citation

Oertel MF, Kreitschmann-Andermahr I, Ryang YM, Gilsbach JM, Korinth MC. Acta Neurochir. (Wien) 2009; 151(1): 99-101.

Affiliation

Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstrasse 30, Aachen, Germany. mfoertel@ukaachen.de

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00701-008-0178-0

PMID

19099175

Abstract

Penetrating spinal injuries from foreign bodies are an exceedingly rare pathological entity. In this report we present an unusual clinical report of an in-driven shard of glass in the cervical spine that remained without symptoms for many years and became symptomatic possibly because of narrowing of the diameter of the vertebral canal.

Language: en