Isolated L5 nerve root injury without osseous disruption in a case of gunshot injury to the paediatric spine-A case report.
Shivaprasad Sharangouda KolurTushar Narayan RathodRudra Mangesh PrabhuVinod Kumar YadavBhushan Sunil HadoleAbhishek Kumar RaiPublished in: Spinal cord series and cases (2022)
The absence of osseous disruption can be attributed to the size of the projectile, widely spaced interlaminar spaces in the lumbar spine due to the absence of lumbar lordosis in the pediatric group and flexibility of the pediatric spine owing to its ligamentous laxity.