Case Report
Pediatric Penetrating Spinal Canal Injury by Glass Cutting caused Cauda Equina Syndrome: Case Report and Literature Review
| Tian Da-sheng2, Zhu Bin2, Zhang Shi-jia2 and Jing Jue-hua1* | |
| 1Department of Orthopaedics, Second Hospital, Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China | |
| 2Section of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Ave, New Orleans, USA | |
| Corresponding Author : | Jing Jue-hua Department of Orthopaedics Second Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China Tel: +86 551 6386 9119 Email: 281885472@ |
| Received: September 29, 2015 Accepted: November 12, 2015 Published: November 19, 2015 | |
| Citation: Da-sheng T, Bin Z, Shi-jia Z, Jue-hua J (2015) Pediatric Penetrating Spinal Canal Injury by Glass Cutting caused Cauda Equina Syndrome: Case Report and Literature Review. J Preg Child Health 2:205. doi:10.4172/2376-127X.1000205 | |
| Copyright: © 2015 Da-sheng T, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
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Abstract
A 9-year-old girl was stabbed by aquarium glass fragments in her back, which entered adjacent to the S1 vertebra and stayed within the spinal canal adjacent to the L5 vertebra. Surgical removal of the glass fragments in the acute phase was performed to decrease the risks of delayed complications associated with the presence of the sharp and pointed glass inside the spinal canal and cauda equina and nerve roots compression. Surgical intervention should be considered in patients with evolving neurologic deficits with the goal of decompressing the spinal cord and optimizing the recovery of function.
