Villena-Martín Maikal, Valduvievo Idoya, Pinto-Rafael Ignacio, Gutiérrez Agustín, Vázquez-Barquero Alfonso
Servicio de Neurocirugía, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santader, Cantabria, España.
Neurocirugia (Astur). 2012 Feb;23(1):36-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neucir.2010.12.001.
Penetrating injuries to the spine are important causes of spinal cord traumatism. There are two varieties: gunshot or stab wounds. Within the second category, sharp knifelike objects and, rarely, glass are found. This article presents a case of penetrating glass injury to the lumbar spine in an 18-year-old girl, with the migration of pieces of glass within muscles and spinous process until reaching the dural sac.
