Author/Authors :
Başbuğ, Hamit Serdar Kafkas Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Anabilim Dalı, Turkey , Bitargil, Macit Kafkas Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Anabilim Dalı, Turkey , Göçer, Hakan Kafkas Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Anabilim Dalı, Turkey , Günerhan, Yalçın Kafkas Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Anabilim Dalı, Turkey , Özışık, Kanat Kafkas Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Anabilim Dalı, Turkey
Title Of Article :
How should be the approach systematics in penetrating neck injuries? Successful treatment of the patient referred with massive bleeding and state of shock
Abstract :
Penetrating neck injuries are frequent type of traumas among the civilian population. Considering all emergencies, very few of them require as challenging surgical process as neck traumas. The reason is, due to most organ systems (respiratory, vascular, neurologic, gastrointestinal etc.) are clustered in a compact conduit and the potentiality that even a single penetrating trauma may cause significant injury. Moreover, seemingly innocent wound could be deprive of clear sign or symptom so causing ignore and miss out the underlying severity. Because of the damage risk of the vital structures in the neck depends on the type of penetrating object and the penetration zone, setting the diagnosis and planning the treatment differentiates in particular patient. In this paper, successful medical and surgical manipulation of a patient with stab wound in his neck with massive bleeding and hemodynamic shock is presented.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Neck injury , bleeding , shock
JournalTitle :
Cumhuriyet Medical Journal
