Surgical tactics in gunshot wounds of the spine and spinal cord
Verkhovskiĭ, A.I.
Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I. I. Grekova 143(11): 64-67
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4625 PMID: 2699121 Document Number: 343782
Based on literature data and personal experiences with treatment of patients with this pathology the author considers the sequence of diagnostic measures, describes his experience with contrast examinations of the vertebral canal in the acute period. The volume of the infusion-transfusion therapy was determined. Details of the surgical tactics were outlined with a reference to the character of the injury. A brief analysis of lethality during first six months after injury is given.