Penetrating neck injury: A review

Trauma

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 79-90

  Macfarlane, Campbell ^a   Benn, Carol Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

airway injury; anatomy; carotid repair; cervical spine injury; clinical evaluation; imaging; mandatory elective exploration; oesophageal injury; operative management; penetrating injury; stable unstable; subclavian injury; trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CAROTID ARTERY LIGATION; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; NECK INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOSTOMY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0036441821     PISSN: 14604086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1460408602ta226oa     Document Type: Article

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