A natural history of penetrating ballistic spinal column injury: a single-center continuous case series
This study represents the largest continuous series of GSWs to the spine in contemporary literature, suggesting a natural history of survivorship and disability in this patient population and characterizing common treatment paradigms at a major urban trauma center.
Authors
- Ricky M Ditzel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7613-0923)
- Lucinda Chiu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6472-4441)
- P B Raksin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5723-3794)
- John Paul G. Kolcun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4690-094X)
- James E. Towner
Institutions
- Rush University Medical Center (US)
- John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurosurgery Spine
- Published
- 2025-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.6.spine25421
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00