caa a22 4500 606184236 CHVBK 20210128100825.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00405-014-3471-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00405-014-3471-y Sharp neck injuries in suicidal intention [Elektronische Daten] [Damien Biétry, Aristomenis Exadaktylos, Thomas Müller, Peter Zbären, Marco Caversaccio, Andreas Arnold] Sharp neck injuries in suicidal intention often present as serious emergency situations with the need for an immediate diagnosis and treatment. We report our study of the clinical evolution of this emergency condition. This study investigates the cases of sharp neck injuries in suicidal intention treated at our institution between 2000 and 2010. Patient records were collected in a retrospectively reviewed and analyzed database. The current literature was compared to our findings. We found 36 cases (10 female and 26 male). The neck injuries were superficial and profound in 16 and 20 patients, respectively. Twenty-two patients were seen by the Head and Neck surgeon. A surgical neck exploration was necessary in 19 cases. Tracheal, laryngeal, pharyngeal and vascular injuries were found in one, five, three and three cases, respectively. The hospital stay ranged from 1 to 47days. All the patients underwent emergency psychiatric assessment and were subsequently referred for psychiatric treatment. One patient died in the emergency room from an additional arterial injury to the wrist. Sharp neck injuries in suicidal intention treated with an interdisciplinary medical, surgical and psychiatric emergency assessment and treatment have low mortality and morbidity. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 Neck injuries nationallicence Suicide nationallicence Stabbing nationallicence Cutting nationallicence Sharp injury nationallicence Biétry Damien Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Inselspital, University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland aut Exadaktylos Aristomenis Department of Emergency Medicine, Inselspital, University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland aut Müller Thomas University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland aut Zbären Peter Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Inselspital, University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland aut Caversaccio Marco Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Inselspital, University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland aut Arnold Andreas Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Inselspital, University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland aut European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 272/12(2015-12-01), 3825-3831 0937-4477 272:12<3825 2015 272 405 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-014-3471-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-014-3471-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Biétry Damien Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Inselspital, University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Exadaktylos Aristomenis Department of Emergency Medicine, Inselspital, University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Müller Thomas University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zbären Peter Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Inselspital, University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Caversaccio Marco Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Inselspital, University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Arnold Andreas Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Inselspital, University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 272/12(2015-12-01), 3825-3831 0937-4477 272:12<3825 2015 272 405