Civilian Gunshot Wound at the Occipitocervical Junction: An Unusual Case
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Tarih
2013
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Yayıncı
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
We report the case of a 37-year old male patient was wounded at the face bay a gunshot. There was a single entrance wound, was detected at the right maxilla in the inspection. Cervical plain X rays a bullet was seen, between the axis and the occipital bone. It is very rare for an upper cervical injury not causing any neurological deficits at all. The aim of this case report is to prevent a case with a gunshot causing a clivus fracture by advancing to the adjacent dens between the occipital bone and the axis.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Gunshot Wounds, Bullet, Cervical Spine
Kaynak
Neurosurgery Quarterly
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N/A
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N/A
Cilt
23
Sayı
2
