Journals / Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi / 2009 / Cilt: 15 - Sayı: 1

Kesici ve delici spinal yaralanma: İki olgu sunumu

Penetrating spinal injury: Reports of two cases

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The patient was immediately operated and the broken and embedded metallic part of the knife was extracted.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Penetrating spinal cord injuries caused by stab wounds are rare.
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Key Findings & Data:In the present study, two cases with spinal cord and L4 root injuries caused by a knife are presented.
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Conclusion & Impact:The patient was immediately operated and the broken and embedded metallic part of the knife was extracted.
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Abstract

Penetrating spinal cord injuries caused by stab wounds are rare. Such injuries may result from a direct lesion of the neural elements of the spinal cord, cord infarcts or, more rarely, intradural or epidural hematoma. In the present study, two cases with spinal cord and L4 root injuries caused by a knife are presented. The first case, a 22-year-old male, referred to our emergency outpatient clinic with a stab wound injury at the mid-section of his back. Neurological examination of this patient showed paraplegia, and spinal MRI displayed a total spinal cord lesion at the T7-T8 level. The wound was primarily sutured; however, during follow-up, CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) leakage continued and the patient was operated. The ruptured dura mater was primarily sutured in a surgical intervention that involved T7-T8 total laminectomy. The second patient referred to our emergency outpatient clinic with a torso injury caused by a sharp knife. The knife was embedded 2-3 cm deep at the wound site at the L3 level and the handle was broken. The patient was immediately operated and the broken and embedded metallic part of the knife was extracted.

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Delici ve kesici aletle olan penetran spinal kord yaralanmaları seyrek görülür. Bu yaralanmalarda spinal kordun nöral elamanlarının doğrudan hasarı, kord infarktı ve nadiren de intardural veya epidural hematoma olabilir. Bu yazıda, bıçakla spinal kord ve L4 kök yaralanması olan iki olgu sunuldu. Birinci olgu 22 yaşındaki erkek hasta, sırt bölgesinin ortasından bıçakla yaralanma şikayeti ile acil polikliniğimize başvurdu. Nörolojik muayenesinde paraplejik olan hastanın spinal MRG incelemesi ile T7-T8 seviyesinde total spinal kord lezyonu saptandı. Yara primer dikilmesine edilmesine rağmen, takibinde beyin omirilik sıvısı sızıntısının olması nedeniyle ameliyata alındı. Ameliyatta T7-T8 total laminektomi yapılarak yırtılmış olan duramater primer olarak dikildi. İkinci hasta, belinde bıçakla yaralanma sonrası acil polikliniğimize başvurdu. Hastanın L3 seviyesindeki yara yerinde sap kısmı kırılmış bıçak 2-3 cm’lik derinlikte görüldü. Hasta acil olarak ameliyata alınarak kırılan ve metalik kısmı içeride kalmış olan bıçak çıkartıdı.

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YILMAZ, N., KIYMAZ, N., MUMCU, Ç., DEMİR, İ. (2009). Kesici ve delici spinal yaralanma: İki olgu sunumu. Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi, Cilt: 15 - Sayı: 1, 91–94. https://ajindex.com/articles/324363

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