Penetrating Neck Trauma: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Related eMedicine Topics

• Neck Trauma [in the Emergency Medicine section]
• Penetrating Injuries of the Neck [in the Otolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery section]

• Clinical practice guidelines: penetrating neck trauma. Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma - Professional Association. 2008. 52 pages. NGC:006544
• Early acute management in adults with spinal cord injury: a clinical practice guideline for health-care professionals. Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine - Private Nonprofit Organization; Paralyzed Veterans of America - Private Nonprofit Organization. 2008 May. 77 pages. NGC:007157
• Guidelines for field triage of injured patients. Recommendations of the National Expert Panel on Field Triage. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Federal Government Agency [U.S.]. 2009 Jan 23. 35 pages. NGC:007135

Keywords

penetrating neck trauma, penetrating neck injury, neck trauma, traumatic neck injury, neck injury, blunt neck trauma, blunt neck injury, penetrating neck wounds, gunshot wounds, stab wounds, puncture wounds, impalement injuries

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Daniel Mark Alterman, MD, RN, Resident Physician, Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
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