The military medical management of missile injury to the spine: a review of the literature and proposal of guidelines.
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.
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Dept of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Nottingham NG7 2UH. neilbuxton@doctors.org.uk
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*