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Penetrating neck wounds

The American Journal of Surgery, 1983
Over a 15 year period 120 patients with neck injuries that penetrated the platysma were studied. Appropriate treatment was initiated in the emergency room. Sixty-one patients underwent exploration and 59 were observed. Two of the observed patients later required delayed operation. In 9.2 percent of the patients, two or more injuries were present within
Suryanarayana M. Siram, LaSalle D. Leffall, Etienne Massac   +2 more
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Penetrating wounds of the chest

The American Journal of Surgery, 1950
Abstract 1. 1. Penetrating (not open) wounds of the chest have been discussed. 2. 2. The symptoms and signs of intrathoracic wounds have been tabulated. 3. 3. Definitive treatment of penetrating wounds of the chest has been outlined. 4. 4. A brief consideration of the complications incident to chest wounds has been considered.
Wm.E. Walsh, R.W. Tawse, John G. Stubenbord   +2 more
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Penetrating neck wounds

The American Journal of Surgery, 1980
Abstract A review of 68 cases of penetrating neck wounds from our institution as well as a review of the recent literature dealing with the management of such injuries is presented. The wounding agent was gunshot (38 cases), knife (21), broken glass (3), an ice pick (1) and miscellaneous (5).
William H. Stroud, Dabney R. Yarbrough
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A caveat to the performance of pericardial ultrasound in patients with penetrating cardiac wounds.

Journal of Trauma, 2009
BACKGROUND The pericardial window in a focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) examination is highly accurate for detecting hemopericardium and, therefore, associated cardiac injury.
C. Ball, Brian H. Williams, A. Wyrzykowski, J. Nicholas, G. Rozycki, D. Feliciano   +5 more
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PENETRATING WOUNDS OF THE ABDOMEN.

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1905
Penetrating wounds of the abdomen occur with considerable frequency in civil as well as in military practice, and until recently have been the most uniformly fatal of all injuries. As much of our knowledge of this class of injuries has been derived from the experience of the civil war, in preantiseptic times, so we may expect to revise or to confirm ...
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Selective nonoperative management of penetrating torso injury from combat fragmentation wounds.

Journal of Trauma, 2008
BACKGROUND Historically, military surgical doctrine has mandated exploratory laparotomy for all penetrating fragmentation wounds. We hypothesized that stable patients with abdominal fragmentation injuries whose computerized tomography (CT) scans for ...
A. Beekley, Lorne H. Blackbourne, J. Sebesta, N. McMullin, P. Mullenix, J. Holcomb   +5 more
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Penetrating wounds of the neck and upper thorax.

Journal of Trauma, 1978
During the past decade, a method utilizing individual case assessment has been employed in the treatment of 51 patients with penetrating wounds of the neck and upper thorax. Only those wounds penetrating the platysma are included.
D. Blass, E. James, R. Reed, C. Fedde, A. Watne   +4 more
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Anatomic considerations in penetrating gluteal wounds.

Archives of Surgery, 1992
A retrospective study of 81 patients with penetrating gluteal wounds was performed to determine if the site of penetration was useful in predicting the likelihood of associated vascular or visceral injury. There were 53 gunshot wounds and 28 stab wounds,
D. W. Mercer, R. Buckman, R. Sood, T. M. Kerr, J. Gelman   +4 more
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The role of ultrasound in patients with possible penetrating cardiac wounds: a prospective multicenter study.

Journal of Trauma, 1999
BACKGROUND Ultrasound is quickly becoming part of the trauma surgeon's practice, but its role in the patient with a penetrating truncal injury is not well defined.
G. Rozycki, D. Feliciano, M. Ochsner, M. Knudson, D. Hoyt, F. Davis, D. Hammerman, Vincent Figueredo, J. Harviel, D. Han, Judith A. Schmidt   +10 more
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Penetrating Wounds of the Pelvis

Southern Medical Journal, 1985
While penetrating wounds of the abdomen may selectively be managed conservatively in the absence of clinical signs or symptoms, we believe that in similar injuries of the pelvic area, exploration is mandatory. Regardless of their clinical presentation, 38 consecutive patients with penetrating injury to the pelvis had exploration, which yielded positive
Baffes Tg, Theodorakis Sp
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