TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Retropharyngeal hematoma secondary to whiplash injury in childhood: a case report
JO  - Turkish neurosurgery
A1  - Nurata, Hakan
A1  - Yilmaz, Muhammet Bahadır
A1  - Börcek, Alp Ozgun
A1  - Oner, Ali Yusuf
A1  - Baykaner, M. Kemali
SP  - 521
EP  - 523
VL  - 22
IS  - 4
N2  - Whiplash Associated Disorders (WAD) has been reported as an adult phenomenon. Whiplash injury has classically been described as a cervical soft tissue hyperextension- flexion injury after a trauma such as a rear end impact car crash, contact sport injuries, blows to the head from a falling object or a punch and shaken baby syndrome and is mostly seen in adults . It is important as it may cause severe disability due to spinal cord injury, decrease work productivity and even retropharyngeal hematoma resulting airway obstruction and mortality due to bleeding amongst deep cervical fascias. We describe a case of retropharyngeal hematoma after whiplash injury in a childhood.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1019-5149
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.4011-10.0
ID  - ref1
ER  -