Penetrating neck wounds: Selective exploration.
- 5 January 1975
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in The Laryngoscope
- Vol. 85 (1), 57-75
- https://doi.org/10.1288/00005537-197501000-00005
Abstract
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.Keywords
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