Case report: Complete laryngotracheal separation sustained from a knife wound

Significant laryngeal injuries are rare and often fatal. Incidence is estimated to be one in 30,000 emergency room visits. A much smaller subset result in complete laryngotracheal separation, classically as a result of blunt force trauma [1]. To the author's knowledge, only two cases of such in...

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Main Authors: Michal J. Plocienniczak, Scott Finlay, J. Pieter Noordzij, Michael B. Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-06-01
Series:Otolaryngology Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468548818301152
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Summary:Significant laryngeal injuries are rare and often fatal. Incidence is estimated to be one in 30,000 emergency room visits. A much smaller subset result in complete laryngotracheal separation, classically as a result of blunt force trauma [1]. To the author's knowledge, only two cases of such injury sustained by stabbing have been reported in the literature [2,3]. Here we present the third reported case. Keywords: Laryngotracheal, Separation, Complete, Knife, Esophagus
ISSN:2468-5488