MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH IN A SURGICAL PRECISION NECK STABBING

Abstract

Trauma involving the neck region are to always be considered as clinical/surgical emergencies

because of the presence of vascular, nervous and lymphatic vessels, along with the pharyngo

esophageal and laryngo-tracheal structures. For this reason, therapeutic and diagnostic timing

arouses great interest. The authors report the case of a conscious and hemodynamically stable man,

presented to the emergency room for a neck penetrating trauma, caused by a knife passing through

his neck (zone II) from right to left. A correct instrumental examination (CT angiography and

selective right carotid axis angiography) and the multidisciplinary surgical approach proved to be

fundamental for the safe extraction of the knife