Computed tomographic angiography as an aid to clinical decision making in the selective management of penetrating injuries to the neck: A reduction in the need for operative exploration

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1466-1471

  Osborn, Timothy M ^a   Bell, R Bryan ^a,b   Qaisi, Waleed ^a   Long, William B ^a  

^a LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Health Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomographic angiography; Neck exploration; Penetrating neck trauma; Selective management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLEEDING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NECK DISSECTION; NECK INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PLATYSMA MUSCLE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANGIOGRAPHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; FOLLOW UP; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; SURGERY; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 67650283673     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181271b32     Document Type: Article

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