Penetrating Cervical Spine Injury without Spinal Cord Damage
This case shows that penetrating cervical spinal canal injuries may occur without neurological impairment. Careful extraction under general anesthesia, ideally with neuromonitoring, is recommended to minimize complications.
Authors
- Yuki Akaike
- Takaya Imai
- Soya Kawabata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3903-1122)
- Hiroki Takeda
- Shinjiro Kaneko
- Nobuyuki Fujita
Institutions
- Fujita Health University (JP)
- Keio University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JBJS Case Connector
- Published
- 2026-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2106/jbjs.cc.25.00508
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00