Although the effects on the brain of the two conditions are the same, the cause is very different. Background: The Western Trauma Association (WTA) describes the management of Zone 2 penetrating neck trauma (PNT) and recommends neck exploration (NE) for patients with clinical hard signs (HS). It is important to note there is a similar condition known as spontaneous vascular injury to the head and neck. These may be a result of industrial accidents, motor vehicle accidents, stabbing, shrapnel etc. Penetrating injuries caused by sharp objects that pierce the skin and important structures beneath the skin, such as arteries, veins, windpipe etc. sporting injuries with similar sudden movements as above or.during a fall where the neck will also be subject to similar sudden bending and extending movements, also often associated with fractures of the spine Penetrating neck injury (PNI) is defined as any trauma to the neck that violates the platysma muscle layer.sudden movements such as bending and extending of the neck which may happen during a motor vehicle accident when a vehicle decelerates or accelerates (whiplash), often associated with fractures of the spine Whiplash: This is caused by sudden jerking forward or back of the neck.forceful compression or pressure from a seat belt during a motor vehicle accident.A blunt injury to the chest, neck or head, which can result in damage to the blood vessels supplying the brain and can be caused by: METHODS Analysis of PCVIs from the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Prospective Observational Vascular Injury Treatment vascular injury registry from 25 US trauma centers was performed.Traumatic vascular injuries can be either:
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