Title: A new approach to penetrating neck injuries?<br/>Author: Robert Flint<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/2561/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><p> <span style="font-size:16px;">This small study looked at patients with penetrating neck injuries and tried to determine in those with "hard signs" of injury (<span style="background-color: rgb(249, 247, 247); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Fira Sans", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;">hemorrhage, expanding hematoma, or ischemia) </span> if they required immediate operative managment. The authors concluded:</span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:14px;">"<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Fira Sans", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(249, 247, 247);">Although </span><span class="ej-keyword" data-value="hard signs" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Fira Sans", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(249, 247, 247);">hard signs</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Fira Sans", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(249, 247, 247);"> in PCVIs are associated with the need for operative intervention, initial CT imaging can facilitate endovascular options or nonoperative management in a significant subgroup. </span><span class="ej-keyword" data-value="Hard signs" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Fira Sans", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(249, 247, 247);">Hard signs</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Fira Sans", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(249, 247, 247);"> should not be considered an absolute indication for immediate surgical exploration."</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:16px;"><font color="#333333" face="Fira Sans, Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(249, 247, 247);">This is a small study and it is unclear why some patients went to CT vs directly to the operating room. This may not be a practice changing study, but it may validate provider gestalt of CT vs direct to operating room. We can add this to the growing body of evidence that CT scanning in penetrating trauma can be used to diffrentiate who needs emergent operative intervention vs. endovascular therapy vs close observation. This study certainly opens the door for further reaserch in the area of management of penetratign neck injuries. </span></font></span></p> <fieldset><legend>References</legend>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px 0px 4.8px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Arial Black"; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Reading the signs in penetrating cervical vascular injuries: Analysis of hard/soft signs and initial management from a nationwide vascular trauma database</span></p> <p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> <span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Marrotte, Alexander MD; Calvo, Richard Y. PhD; Badiee, Jayraan MPH; Rooney, Alexandra S. MPH; Krzyzaniak, Andrea MA; Sise, Michael MD; Bansal, Vishal MD; DuBose, Joseph MD; Martin, Matthew J. MD; the AAST PROOVIT Study Group; Morrison, Jonny MD, PhD</span></p> <p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 91, 146);"> </p> <p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 91, 146);"> <span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(59, 48, 48);">Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery: <a href="https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/pages/currenttoc.aspx"><span class="s3" style="font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 91, 146);">November 2022 - Volume 93 - Issue 5 - p 632-638</span></a></span></p> <p class="p4" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(59, 48, 48);"> <span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003678</span></p> </fieldset>