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Arch Surg. 1999;134:1001.

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The trauma neck zones are as follows: Zone 1 is that portion of the neck from the cricoid cartilage down to the clavicles; Zone 2 is the angle of the mandible to the cricoid cartilage; and Zone 3 is the skull base to the angle of the mandible. These zones are in the same anatomic order as the Le Fort fractures III, II and I.¹

1. Blackbourne LH, Fleischer KJ. Advanced Surgical Recall. Baltimore, Md: Williams & Wilkins; 1997:35.