Upper cervical spinal cord gunshot injury without bone destruction.

Introduction: This report describes a rare case of the gunshot injury of the spine and spinal cord.

Presentation Of Case: A rare case of the bullet lodged intra-durally in the upper cervical region without damaging the vertebrae or the spinal cord. The bullet was removed as microneurosurgical and duraplasty was performed.

Discussion: Surgical management of the gunshot wounds of the spine and spinal cord is not widely advocated and controversial.

Conclusion: Advances in microneurosurgical instrumentation and microscopic techniques may open up a new era of surgical treatment of spinal cord gunshot wounds.