Citation

Venkatachalapath TS. Acta Med. Iran 2013; 51(3): 199-200.

Affiliation

Department of General Surgery, Indira Gandhi Govt, General Hospital and PGI, Puducherry, India. drvenkey79@gmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Tehran University of Medical Sciences)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

23605607

Abstract

Penetrating neck trauma is an important area of trauma care that has undergone evolution in the recent past. A remarkable number of changes have occurred in the treatment paradigm as new technologies have developed and as surgeons have explored the outcomes from different treatment protocols. Therapy has evolved from no treatment (before effective anesthesia and instrumentation), to non operative management, to routine exploration, to selective exploration and adjunctive invasive or noninvasive assessment. Penetrating neck injuries remain challenging, as there are a number of important structures in a small area and injury to any of these structures may not be readily apparent.

Language: en