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Stab Injury to the Lumbar Spine Without Neurological Involvement in a Child

Overview
Journal Surg Neurol Int
Specialty Neurology
Date 2023 May 8
PMID 37151434
Authors
Oualid Mohammed Hmamouche
Faycal Lakhdar
Mohammed Benzagmout
Khalid Chakour
Mohammed El Faiz Chaoui
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Abstract

Background: Stab wound injuries are extraordinary in the child, the thoracic and lumbar spine are the most observed. Patient could be asymptomatic and it could lead to a neurological deficit.

Case Description: We report a case of a 15-year-old boy victim of a stab wound injury with a knife. He was neurologically intact but the local examination showed blood and clear fluid. The patient underwent surgery and the knife was removed with the reparation of a dural tear.

Conclusion: Stab wound injuries in child are very rare, the management is clear if there is compression, bleeding or cerebrospinal fluid leakage, and the prognosis depends on the symptoms.

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