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Penetrating neck wounds: Selective exploration.
Author(s) -
May Mark,
Chadaratana Phadung,
West Joseph W.,
Ogura Joseph H.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-197501000-00005
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , penetrating wounds , neck injury , series (stratigraphy) , poison control , emergency medicine , biology , paleontology
This study of 223 patients with penetrating neck wounds justifies individualizing surgical treatment. Twenty‐four percent was selected for neck surgery. In spite of selective rather than mandatory neck exploration, the mortality rate related to the neck wound in this series was three percent. This compared favorably with the experience of others employing mandatory exploration. There were no deaths in our series attributable to selective observation.