Management of Penetrating Neck Injuries: A New Paradigm for Civilian Trauma

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 691-705

  Bell, R Bryan ^a   Osborn, Timothy ^a   Dierks, Eric J ^a   Potter, Bryce E ^a   Long, William B ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; AVULSION INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOMA; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY SCALE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NECK INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; SURVIVAL; THYROID GLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, SURGICAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; NECK MUSCLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 33947278375     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.04.044     Document Type: Article

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