Penetrating Neck Trauma in a Level II Trauma Hospital, Saudi Arabia

Table 1

demographic data of the studied patients.

Variable	Group I (living 𝑛=43)	Group II (died 𝑛=6)	Total (𝑛=49)	𝑃 value
Mean age (SD; years)	32 (13)	24.8 (7.6)	31.1 (12.6)	0.19
Range (years)	(17–68)	(18–37)	(17–68)
Sex
Males (%)	40 (93)	5 (83.3)	45 (91.8)	0.41
Females (%)	3 (7)	1 (16.7)	4 (8.2)	0.98
Cause of injury
Road traffic accident	24 (55.8)	2 (33.3)	26 (53)	0.54
Stab wound	11 (25.6)	3 (50)	14 (28.6)	0.45
Gun shot	4 (9.3)	1 (16.7)	5 (10.2)	0.87
Shrapnels	4 (9.3)	0	4 (8.2)	0.98
Zone injured
Zone I	2 (4.7)	3 (50)	5 (10.2)	0.04
Zone II	39 (90.7)	2 (33.3)	41 (83.7)	0.002
Zone III	2 (4.6)	1 (16.7)	3 (6.1)	0.7
Operative cases	20 (46.5)	1 (16.7)	21 (42.9)	0.34
Nonoperative	23 (53.5)	5 (83.3)	28 (57.1)	0.34