Bensley Rodney P, Mohr Alicia M, Huber Thomas S, Sappenfield Joshua W
Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Injury. 2016 Sep;47(9):2048-50. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2016.03.008. Epub 2016 Mar 14.
Penetrating neck trauma can injure the major blood vessels, airway, gastrointestinal system, and neurological system. We present a case where a Sengstaken-Blakemore tube was emergently placed during surgical exploration of a stab wound to the neck to tamponade bleeding until surgical control was obtained and the vascular injuries were managed.