Journals / Journal of Turkish Spinal Surgery / 2012 / Cilt: 23 - Sayı: 3

Thoracic spine midline injury without motor deficit after stabbing

Bıçaklanma sonrası motor defisit gelişmeyen dorsal spinal orta hat yaralanması

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221–226
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This case report encourage us for mid line myelotomies.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Spinal cord injuries after stabbing are rare and most of them due to incomplete neurological motor deficits because of a partial incision.
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Key Findings & Data:In our case report, 32 year old man was presented in our emergency service with stabbing from mid thoracic region.
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Conclusion & Impact:This case report encourage us for mid line myelotomies.
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📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Domain Parameters

Abstract

Spinal cord injuries after stabbing are rare and most of them due to incomplete neurological motor deficits because of a partial incision. In our case report, 32 year old man was presented in our emergency service with stabbing from mid thoracic region. The knife entered approximately 13 cm from D7 vertebral level to parallel vertical axis and perforated spinal cord and stopped along the anterior posterior axis of corpus. There was no vascular injury or motor deficit occurred from stabbing. After D-7 laminectomy the knife was removed and posterior dura repairment was performed. After surgery the patient left hospital with mild disestezia and motor deficit was not occurred. In most of these injuries motor deficit was developed in different degrees. If the input angle and direction of the knife is parallel to vertical axis, the motor deficit was occurred minimally. This case report encourage us for mid line myelotomies.

Özet

Bıçaklanma sonrası omurilik yaralanmaları nadir olup, çoğunda spinal kordun kısmi kesisine bağlı olarak inkomplet nörolojik motor defisit oluşmaktadır. Sunulan olguda 32 yaşında erkek hasta, sırtında orta torakal bölgeden, spinal kordu ve omurgayı çaprazlayan bıçaklanma sonrası acil servise geldi. Bıçak T-7 seviyesinden vertikal eksene paralel orta hattan yaklaşık 13 cm girerek spinal kordu orta hattan delmiş ve korpus AP ekseni boyunca ilerleyip durmuştu. Mediastinal aortaya birkaç mm kadar yaklaşan bıçak herhangi bir vasküler yaralanmaya sebep olmamıştı. Orta hattan spinal kordu vertikal eksene paralel geçen bıçaktan dolayı motor defisit gelişmediği belirlendi. T-7 laminektomi sonrası bıçak alındıktan sonra posterior primer dura tamiri yapılan hasta hafif dizestezileri dışında motor defisitsiz olarak taburcu edildi. Bu tip bıçakla yaralanmaların tamamına yakınında değişik derecelerde motor defisit gelişmektedir. Bıçağın giriş açısı ve yönü vertikal eksene paralel olduğunda defisit daha az olabilmektedir. Bu durum orta hat myelotomiler için cesaret vericidir.

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SEYİTHANOĞLU, M. H., DOĞAN, K., GÜNDAĞ, M., DÜNDAR, T. T., AKKAYA, E., HANIMOĞLU, H., KAYNAR, M. Y. (2012). Thoracic spine midline injury without motor deficit after stabbing. Journal of Turkish Spinal Surgery, Cilt: 23 - Sayı: 3, 221–226. https://ajindex.com/articles/271415

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