title: [Gunshot wounds of the spine and spinal cord. Neurosurgical tactics].
abstract: In the Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Academy in Lódź in the years 1971-1986 out of 356 injuries to the spine and spinal cord 6 cases (1.7%) were shot wounds. The indications to surgical treatment were: high-grade posttraumatic spinal instability, intense liquorrhoea with threatening meningitis, and violent pains in lower extremities. The clinical material and the tactics of neurosurgical management are described.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Neurochirurgii Instytutu Chirurgii WAM w Lodzi.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jarmundowicz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Radek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Zranienia postrzałowe kregosłupa i rdzenia kregowego -- taktyka postepowania neurochirurgicznego.