Penetrating head & neck trauma – Epidemiology and injury characteristics in terror-related violence, interpersonal violence and deliberate self-harm at a level 1 trauma centre

Abstract

Penetrating trauma to the head and neck presents specific clinical challenges. Aetiologies include interpersonal violence, deliberate self-harm and terror-related violence. King's College Hospital is a Major Trauma Centre serving inner-city London boroughs with a high incidence of knife and gun crime. It also received victims of the terrorist attack at London Bridge in June 2017.