Open AccessCorpo estranho perfurante cervical: relato de caso
Author(s) -
Fernando Campos Gomes Pinto,
Durazzo,
Ana Clara da Cunha e Cruz Cordeiro,
Alberto Rossetti Ferraz
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
revista da associação médica brasileira
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.319
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1806-9282
pISSN - 0104-4230
DOI - 10.1590/s0104-42302000000100012
Subject(s) - medicine , foreign body , surgery , retropharyngeal space , perforation , larynx , cervical spine , cervical vertebrae , anatomy , radiology , computed tomography , materials science , punching , metallurgy
Neck perforations by foreign bodies are uncommon. The surgical approach depends on the extension of visceral wounds and the development of cervical or mediastinal infection.