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Wound Probing in Neck Trauma Patients
Jin Bong Ye, Young Hoon Sul, Yun Su Mun, Seung Je Go, Oh Sang Kwon, Gwan Woo Ku, Min Koo Lee
Journal of Trauma and Injury 2015;28(3):198-201
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20408/jti.2015.28.3.198
Published online: September 30, 2015
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1Department of Surgery, Eulji University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea. ssulyh@eulji.ac.kr
2Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Eulji University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
Received: 30 March 2015   • Revised: 17 May 2015   • Accepted: 4 October 2015

Neck trauma is a relatively uncommon but can be a life-threatening injury. Several guidelines for neck trauma is established to recommend a proper management such as no clamping of bleeding vessels, no probing of wounds, Trendelenberg position for preventing venous air embolism. Here, we present a regretful case of 49-year-old man with neck trauma presenting undesired bleeding after probing of wound, and then discuss about treatment guildeline for neck trauma with a review.

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