A Glass Foreign Body Migrating into the Lumbar Spinal Canal: A Case Report

We report on a 12-year-old boy in whom a glass fragment migrated into the lumbar spinal canal causing low back pain and radiculopathy 6 years after injury. Computed tomography showed a foreign body in the anterior spinal canal of L5/S1. The patient underwent recapping T-saw laminoplasty to remove th...

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Main Authors: Katsuhito Yoshioka, Norio Kawahara, Hideki Murakami, Satoru Demura, Masaki Matsuda, Katsuro Tomita, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-08-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/230949901202000226