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Initial imaging of lesion. (a) Plain films of chest showing knife in the thoracic region. (b) Ghost reconstruction of CT scan showing the knife relative to the vertebral bodies. (c) Sagittal CT of the spine showing the tip of the knife in the intramural space. (d) Axial CT of the spine showing the tip of the knife in the spinal canal
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A computed tomography (CT) image showed that the knife had pierced the right-sided interlaminar space at the T11-T12 level where it fully entered the spinal canal [Figure 1].
Preoperative view of stab wound. Preoperatively, the patient presented with this lesion and no neurological deficit
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After intubation, the patient was moved back to a stretcher in the lateral position, and a similar turn was utilized to re-position him in the prone position [Figure 2].