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neck injury

Radiology: - computed tomography of neck, cervical spine Complications: - penetrating neck injuries can be associated with - vascular injury - airway injury - cervical spine injury - nerve injury Management: - possible benefit of leaving foreign body in until imaging & surgical evaluation - foreign body may provide tamponade if a major vascular structure is injured [1]

Related

neck neck pain; cervicalgia

Specific

whiplash (neck hyperextension)

General

trauma

References

  1. Gerstein NS, Deriy LB Neck Impalement during Mountain Biking. N Engl J Med 2015; 373:366. July 23, 2015 PMID: 26200982 http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm1412571