Clinical Study
Penetrating Neck Trauma in a Level II Trauma Hospital, Saudi Arabia
Table 3
Type of surgery and postoperative complications in the studied patients.
| Complications | Group I (living ) | Group II (died ) | Total () |
| Type of surgery (%) | | | | Arterial ligature | 4 (9.3) | 1 (16.7) | 5 (10.2) | Vein ligature | 10 (23.3) | 0 | 10 (20.4) | Larynx and tracheal suture | 2 (4.7) | 1 (16.7) | 3 (6.1) | Pharynx and esophagus suture | 1 (2.3) | 1 (16.7) | 2 (4.1) | FB removal | 3 (7) | 0 | 3 (6.1) |
| Wound sepsis (%) | 4 (9.3) | 0 | 4 (8.1) |
| Hoarseness (%) | 2 (4.7) | 0 | 2 (4.1) |
| Arteriovenous fistula | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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