The traditional classification of neck injuries uses an anatomic description of Zones I through III. The objective of this article was to characterize the association between external wounds and the corresponding internal injuries after penetrating neck @entity130 to identify the clinical use of the anatomic zones of the neck. @entity1 who sustained penetrating neck @entity130 from December 2008 to March 2011 were analyzed. All @entity1 underwent structured clinical examination documenting the external zone where the wound(s) were located. All internal injuries were then correlated with the external wounds. An @entity130 was defined as "unexpected" if it was located outside the borders of the neck zone corresponding to the external wound. In total, 146 @entity1 sustaining a penetrating @entity9389 were analyzed; 126 (86%) male. The mechanism of injury was stab wounds in 74 (51%) and gunshot wounds in 69 (47%). Mean age was 31 years (range, nine to 62 years). Thirty-seven (25%) @entity1 sustained had a total of 50 internal injuries. There was a high incidence of noncorrelation between the location of the external injury and the internal structures that were damaged in @entity1 with hard signs of vascular or aerodigestive injury. The use of the anatomic zones and their role in the workup of penetrating @entity9389 are questionable.

The use of the anatomic 'zones' of the neck in the assessment of penetrating XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['internal injury', 'trauma'] @entity9389 :: ('MESH:D019838', 'Disease') :: ['neck injury']
@entity9389 :: (MESH:D019838,Disease) :: ['neck injury']
