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Neck injury has the potential to involve critical vascular, respiratory, and digestive structures. More than 15,000 neck injuries were documented in the National Trauma Data Bank for 2013 with an overall mortality of 1.87 %. However, mortality for more severe injury (AIS ≥3) is almost 20 % greater than any other body region. Neck injuries are combined with head in Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reporting and cumulatively account for 17 % of injuries requiring hospitalization and 20 % of injuries treated in an emergency department.
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Buchanan, L.S. (2015). Neck. In: Scalea, T. (eds) The Shock Trauma Manual of Operative Techniques. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2371-7_1
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