Penetrating neck injury by a sickle

CT scan is the most important investigation in patients with penetrating neck injury in which it can show the extent of internal injury which may be overlooked. Without CT scan being performed, one should not try to remove foreign body by just pulling blindly, as it can injure vital structures.

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Autores principales: Parajuli, Ramesh, Thapa, Suman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5331216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28265409
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.847
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spelling pubmed-53312162017-03-06 Penetrating neck injury by a sickle Parajuli, Ramesh Thapa, Suman Clin Case Rep Clinical Images CT scan is the most important investigation in patients with penetrating neck injury in which it can show the extent of internal injury which may be overlooked. Without CT scan being performed, one should not try to remove foreign body by just pulling blindly, as it can injure vital structures. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017-02-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5331216/ /pubmed/28265409 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.847 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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