title: The military medical management of missile injury to the spine: a review of the literature and proposal of guidelines.
abstract: The management of missile injury to the spinal cord is controversial. The literature is reviewed and recommendations made about the management of these injuries. To surgeons in a country that is relatively safe such injuries are rare, this review provides useful information about this condition.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Nottingham NG7 2UH. neilbuxton@doctors.org.uk
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Buxton
mesh_terms: D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D008889:Military Personnel; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D018579:Patient Selection; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011379:Prognosis; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*