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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
J Trauma Inj 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
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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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