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Acta Médica del Centro
On-line version ISSN 2709-7927
Abstract
LARRINAGA GUTIERREZ, Víctor Eddy. Penetrating facial wound caused by a knife, treated with cervical approach. Case report. Acta méd centro [online]. 2020, vol.14, n.3, pp. 383-387. Epub Sep 30, 2020. ISSN 2709-7927.
Introduction:
the cervical approach with ligation of the great vessels of the neck is a procedure that every maxillofacial surgeon must master because of its importance in emergency cases, where the control of these structures is essential when avoiding a fateful event.
Case report:
a 48-year-old male patient with a medical history who is treated in an emergency guard body after being attacked with a knife in the facial region is treated. Cervical approach is performed to control bleeding.
Conclusion:
the approach of these patients has an interdisciplinary nature. The patient fully recovered from the surgery after a stay in intensive care and has no sequelae obtaining very aesthetic scars in one of the most visible portions of the body.
Keywords : facial wound; white weapon; cervical approach.