Kasapoğlu, F.Ceyhan, A.Özmen, O. A.Özdemircan, T.Coşkun, H.Basut, O.Onart, S.Hızalan, I.2024-10-252024-10-252010-12-012667-7466https://doi.org/10.2399/tao.10.022https://turkarchotolaryngol.net/articles/doi/tao.10.022https://hdl.handle.net/11452/47082Objectives: To evaluate our surgical approach to the blunt and penetrating head and neck trauma cases.Methods: Twenty-seven patients who were operated for head and neck trauma at Uludag University Faculty of Medicine, between January 1997 and January 2008, and whose registries were available were examined retrospectively.Results: The etiology in nine of the patients was firearm injury, 14 of them were stab wounds, 4 of them had traffic accidents outside the vehicle and other causes (suicide, traffic accidents inside the car etc.). None of the patients had early mortality after the surgery.Conclusion: Both blunt and penetrating neck traumas may require immediate intervention. Diversity of the traumatized organs in the neck, most of which are related to otolaryngology, necessitates the presence of a well trained head and neck surgeon in the team.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessInjuriesWoundsNeck traumaExplorationOtorhinolaryngologyArticle00042104590000113714248410.2399/tao.10.022