Emergency War Surgery NATO Handbook: Part IV: Regional Wounds and Injuries: Chapter XXVII: Wounds and Injuries of the Neck
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Nerve injuries should be identified and recorded for possible later repair. In general, immediate repair of traumatic nerve defects is not recommended, except for isolated injuries of the facial and spinal accessory nerves. Even when ideally treated by delayed neurorrhaphy, the proximal location of the nerve injury in the neck precludes significant success. High-velocity missile wounds of the neck involving the spinal cord are almost always fatal.
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