title: An unusual high-pressure injection injury involving the cervical spinal cord.
abstract: High-pressure injection injuries occur infrequently but are usually work-related and involve the non-dominant hand. The neck is a very rare site for such an injury. We describe the management of a 36-year-old man with a high-pressure grease-gun injection injury to his neck causing a cervical spinal cord injury. He developed severe motor and sensory changes which were relieved by surgical removal of the grease through anterior and posterior approaches.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Second Affiliated Hospital, Medical School of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Q-H
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: W-S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Q-X
authors.initials: QX
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: F-C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: S-G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections / Q000009:adverse effects; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D011312:Pressure / Q000009:adverse effects; D013116:Spinal Cord; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed