Is exploration mandatory in penetrating zone II neck injuries?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 261-264

  Insull, Phillip ^a,d   Adams, Dave ^b   Segar, Anand ^a   Ng, Alex ^c   Civil, Ian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Neck exploration; Penetrating neck injury; Zone II penetrating neck injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NECK INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 33947110456     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04030.x     Document Type: Article

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