Management of war-related neck injuries during the war in Croatia, 1991-1992. (CROSBI ID 164641)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Prgomet, Drago ; Đanić, Davorin ; Miličić, Damir ; Leović, Dinko
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Management of war-related neck injuries during the war in Croatia, 1991-1992.
From 1 September 1991 to 31 December 1992, a total of 7, 043 wounded patients were treated in the War Hospital in Slavonski Brod. Seven hundred and twenty eight patients with head and neck injuries were treated in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery. Of this number, 187 had neck injuries. Ninety-two (49.2%) of them were treated in outpatient facilities and 95 (50.8%) as inpatients. Immediate exploration was done in 84 patients with penetrating neck injuries. Vital structures were involved in 49 patients: major blood vessels (40 cases), larynx (17 cases), pharynx (8 cases), trachea (5 cases), thyroid gland (3 cases) and esophagus (2 cases). Definitive treatment was given to all of these injuries. Primary wound closure was performed upon exploration in 74 patients who were treated within the first 6 h after trauma. Secondary wound closure was performed in 10 patients with neck exploration performed more than 6 h after injury, and in those with extensive defects of tissue requiring the use of larger local flaps or free flaps. The mortality among patients with neck injuries was 2.1%.
Neck ; War injuries ; Surgical treatment
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Podaci o izdanju
253 (4/5)
1996.
294-296
objavljeno
0937-4477
1434-4726
10.1007/BF00171146
Povezanost rada
Kliničke medicinske znanosti