ArticleAnnals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England2026
Penetrating neck trauma and the rising rates of deliberate self-harm: a single trauma centre experience.
Article in Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionSelf-inflicted harm is a complex behavioural phenomenon and a manifestation of a variety of underlying factors. Penetrating trauma is increasingly common, with rising knife crimes, gun violence and terrorism-related ballistics in the civilian arena. The study aims to review the changing patterns of penetrating neck injury (PNI) over a period of six years in our major trauma service (MTS).
methodsThis was a retrospective review of all cases of adult patients presenting with PNI to Aintree University Hospital (AUH) between January 2017 and January 2023. Cases were identified through medical coding and review of electronic medical records.
resultsA total of 71 cases of PNIs were identified from January 2017 to January 2023, marking a 13% increase in comparison with previous reports. Presentations due to deliberate self-harm (DSH) rose from 27% to 51%, representing an increase of 89% between the two time frames (
conclusionsThis study highlights the rise of self-inflicted PNI in the context of increasing prevalence of psychiatric disorders, demonstrating the importance of reallocation of healthcare resources for health promotion, prevention and treatment in mental health services.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.