Undetected Metallic Chopstick Stabbed on Neck Resulting Tinnitus and Foreign Body Sensation

Penetrating neck injuries constitute 5-10% of all trauma cases. These injuries may cause life-threatening suppurative or vascular complications, but the severity and extent of damage depends upon the inflicting object and the involved structures. If significant complications are not expected, then i...

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Autores principales: Choi, Sun A, Kim, Sung Bum, Shin, Seung Youp, Eun, Young Gyu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Neurosurgical Society 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4345194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25733998
http://dx.doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2015.57.2.140
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description Penetrating neck injuries constitute 5-10% of all trauma cases. These injuries may cause life-threatening suppurative or vascular complications, but the severity and extent of damage depends upon the inflicting object and the involved structures. If significant complications are not expected, then it is best to leave the foreign body embedded and avoid surgical risks. We present a rare case of a foreign body embedded in the neck causing tinnitus and foreign body sensation.
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spelling pubmed-43451942015-03-02 Undetected Metallic Chopstick Stabbed on Neck Resulting Tinnitus and Foreign Body Sensation Choi, Sun A Kim, Sung Bum Shin, Seung Youp Eun, Young Gyu J Korean Neurosurg Soc Case Report Penetrating neck injuries constitute 5-10% of all trauma cases. These injuries may cause life-threatening suppurative or vascular complications, but the severity and extent of damage depends upon the inflicting object and the involved structures. If significant complications are not expected, then it is best to leave the foreign body embedded and avoid surgical risks. We present a rare case of a foreign body embedded in the neck causing tinnitus and foreign body sensation. The Korean Neurosurgical Society 2015-02 2015-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4345194/ /pubmed/25733998 http://dx.doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2015.57.2.140 Text en Copyright © 2015 The Korean Neurosurgical Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Undetected Metallic Chopstick Stabbed on Neck Resulting Tinnitus and Foreign Body Sensation
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