Citation

Maiti TK, Konar S, Bir SC, Bollam P, Nanda A. World Neurosurg. 2015; 84(5): 1441-1446.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.wneu.2015.03.037

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The increasing prevalence and gloomy socioeconomic consequence of spine injury remain a concern in modern medicine. In this article, we highlight the infamous gunshot spinal injuries of a few eminent personalities across multiple centuries and their sociopolitical impact in context with the evolution of modern medicine. The role of available medicine in these victims was not more than a mere watcher, thus substantiating an infamous quote from ancient literature that describes spine injury as "an ailment not to be treated."

Language: en