Herida Penetrante Cervical En Pediatría

Abstract

the diagnostic and therapeutic complexity that these patients present, motivate the consideration for presentation of the following cases admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in a 5-year period. These cases showed different evolution and mechanism of injury. Two of them required emergency surgical exploration with final procedures derived from intraoperative findings. In the third case, given his good general condition and hemodynamic stability, it was decided to maintain a non-operative approach with satisfactory results. The mortality of these patients is high during the golden hour, since the therapeutic results depend on a high-degree suspicion index.