Open AccessAn audit of surgical neck explorations for penetrating neck injuries in northwestern Nigeria: Experience from a teaching hospital
Author(s) -
Abdulrazak Ajiya,
Iliyasu Yunusa Shuaibu,
Hamza Manir Anka
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian journal of surgery/nigerian journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7100
pISSN - 1117-6806
DOI - 10.4103/njs.njs_63_20
Subject(s) - medicine , neck injury , complication , surgery , mortality rate , retrospective cohort study , poison control , general surgery , emergency medicine
Penetrating neck injury is a major trauma mechanism present in about 5%-10% of trauma patients with an estimated mortality of 3%-10%. The management of these injuries is dependent on the anatomical level of injury.