Penetrating Neck Wounds

Penetrating wounds of the heart.

Penetrating Wounds of the Chest.

The immediate effects depend on the size, shape, type, velocity and track of the missile. A high velocity rifle or machine-gun bullet entering the chest through an intercostal space and making its way out through a posterior space may occasion, apart from the initial shock, little disability and with luck no complications. A small more slowly moving vulnerant may produce a punctured wound such ...

Penetrating Wounds of the Abdomen

77 - Penetrating Neck Trauma

• Bruit or thrill suggestive of a traumatic arteriovenous fistula • Expanding or pulsatile hematoma • Pulsatile or severe hemorrhage • Pulse deficit—pulses may be normal in patients with nonocclusive injuries that require surgical repair, such as intimal flaps or pseudoaneurysms • Thorough vascular and esophageal evaluation is required, even with minor neck wounds, if any abnormalities are evid...

Penetrating neck traumas

AIM OF THE STUDY Aim of the study is to present our own experiences in the treatment of people suffering from penetrating neck traumas. MATERIAL AND METHODS In the years 1996-2012, 10 patients with penetrating neck traumas were treated, including 3 women and 7 men. The patients' age ranged from 16 to 55 (the average age being 40.7 years). In 9 cases the wound was caused by cutting or stabbing...