INTRODUCTION Stab wounds resulting in spinal cord injuries are very rare. In direct central back stabbings, the layers of muscles and the spinal column tends to deflect blades, rarely causing injuries to the spinal cord. We report an unusual case of traumatic spinal cord injury by a screwdriver stab, presented as Brown-Séquard syndrome and discuss possible pitfalls on the surgical treatment. ...

Objectives: Chest trauma in childhood is uncommon in clinical practice. The management and treatment principles of children with thoracic trauma were discussed with the data reported in the literature. Methods: Of the chest injury diagnosed in 1653 patients, 225 were children in the last 17-year period. There were 199 boys (88.44%) and 26 girls (11.55%). The most common causes were blunt injuri...

Whether by accident or intention, penetrating trauma can result from a wide variety of weapons or instruments, and certain elements of therapy vary accordingly. The management of patients with penetrating trauma has changed dramatically since 1960, when Shaftan introduced the concept of selective laparotomy and serial observations. Before that time, surgery was mandatory. The careful integratio...

Using state-of-the-art techniques in hair transplantation, a natural-appearing result should be the expected outcome. Older techniques of hair transplantation usually did not produce this level of excellence, and poorly performed procedures usually result in an unnatural appearance as well. As a consequence, there are a considerable number of patients who have a cosmetically unsatisfactory, hai...

437 unusual case of orbital trauma with a large foreign body in the maxilla. Br J Plast Surg 1999;52:507-8. 3. Neff LL, Liess BD, Chang CW. Transoral endoscopic removal of a bullet from the infratemporal fossa. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2008;138:113-4. 4. Grobbelaar A, Knottenbelt JD. Retained knife blades in stab wounds of the face: is simple withdrawal safe? Injury 1991;22:29-31. 5. Cosan TE...

Penetrating injuries are caused by the injury of perineal area with gun or stab wounds, which may cause complex injuries or multiple organ injuries. Infections, bleeding, necrotizing fasciitis, ureterocutaneous fistulas, diverticulum, abscesses, narrowing, and incontinence may arise after urethral injuries. Although there are several case reports of urogenital system traumas in the literature, ...

Stab wounds to the neck can be potentially lethal. They are often associated with vascular injury of the carotid artery and jugular vein. Injury of the vertebral artery is rarely seen. The injury can vary from severe bleeding after transection with hemorrhage into the surrounding soft tissues of the neck to dissection and separation of the intimal lining from the subjacent media of an artery an...