Spinal Needle Removal in the Thoracolumbar Spine. Case Report

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Juan Manuel Gonzalez Viescas
Marcelo Valacco
Félix Imposti
Mariano Servidio
María Laura Barutta

Abstract

Catheter fractured or sheared off in spinal canal are very infrequently and there is not clear consensus regarding its treatment. The literature advocates the bullet fragment removal in cases of fire gun injuries, especially when they are close to spinal cord region. The same should be done in the presence of a needle into the spinal canal. In this article, we present the case of a patient with disabling leg radicular pain caused by a spinal needle fragment after cesarean, into the spinal canal.

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Gonzalez Viescas, J. M., Valacco, M., Imposti, F., Servidio, M., & Barutta, M. L. (2021). Spinal Needle Removal in the Thoracolumbar Spine. Case Report. Revista De La Asociación Argentina De Ortopedia Y Traumatología, 86(3), 392-397. https://doi.org/10.15417/issn.1852-7434.2021.86.3.1146
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Author Biographies

Juan Manuel Gonzalez Viescas, Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Churruca-Visca (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Italiano de Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina. Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Churruca-Visca (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Sanatorio Finochietto, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.  

Marcelo Valacco, Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Churruca-Visca (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Churruca-Visca (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Sanatorio Finochietto (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Félix Imposti, Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Churruca-Visca (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Churruca-Visca (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Mariano Servidio, Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Churruca-Visca (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Churruca-Visca (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

María Laura Barutta, Spinal Surgery Unit, Sanatorio Finochietto (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Spinal Surgery Unit, Sanatorio Finochietto (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

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