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- Title
Transverse Cervicothoracic Stabbing: Multidisciplinary Management of a Surgical Emergency.
- Authors
Fernández, Elena Molina; Moreno-Luna, Ramón; Navas, Francisco López; Porras, Marta López; Giménez Jr, C.; Gómez, Serafín Sánchez
- Abstract
Tracheobronchial injuries are closely related to orotracheal intubations and chest traumas. Stabbing injuries are very rare and often life threatening because of the damage to vital structures such as the respiratory tract and large arterial or venous vessels. Early diagnosis and treatment of penetrating neck injuries increase survival rates. We report a case of the tracheobronchial section with a penetrating stabbing wound on the left laterocervical area associated with contralateral pneumothorax, requiring urgent surgical pulmonary repair, tracheal suture, and tracheotomy. Prompt action with a multidisciplinary approach resulted in a favorable outcome.
- Subjects
THORACIC outlet syndrome; SURGICAL emergencies; NECK injuries; TRACHEA intubation; TRACHEOTOMY; STAB wounds; WOUND care
- Publication
Turkish Archives of Otolaryngology / Türk Otolarengoloji Arsivi, 2017, Vol 55, Issue 3, p144
- ISSN
0304-4793
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5152/tao.2017.2273