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Combined tracheoesophageal transection after blunt neck trauma
Survival following tracheoesophageal transection is uncommon. Establishing a secure airway has the highest priority in trauma management. Understanding the mechanism of the incident can be a useful adjunct in predicting the likelihood and severity of specific anatomical patterns of injuries. We disc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3665059/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23723621 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.110774 |
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author | Hamid, Umar Imran Jones, James Mark |
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description | Survival following tracheoesophageal transection is uncommon. Establishing a secure airway has the highest priority in trauma management. Understanding the mechanism of the incident can be a useful adjunct in predicting the likelihood and severity of specific anatomical patterns of injuries. We discuss published literature on combined tracheoesophageal injuries after blunt neck trauma and their outcome. A search of MEDLINE for papers published regarding tracheoesophageal injury was made. The literature search identified 14 such articles referring to a total of 27 patients. Age ranged from 3-73 years. The mechanism of injury was secondary to a rope/wire in 33%, metal bar in 4% of cases and unspecified in 63%. All of the patients were managed surgically. A number of tissues were used to protect the anastomosis including pleural and sternocleidomastoid muscle flaps. There were no reported mortalities. Patients with combined tracheoesophageal injury after blunt neck trauma require acute management of airway along with concomitant occult injuries. |
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spelling | pubmed-36650592013-05-30 Combined tracheoesophageal transection after blunt neck trauma Hamid, Umar Imran Jones, James Mark J Emerg Trauma Shock Review Article Survival following tracheoesophageal transection is uncommon. Establishing a secure airway has the highest priority in trauma management. Understanding the mechanism of the incident can be a useful adjunct in predicting the likelihood and severity of specific anatomical patterns of injuries. We discuss published literature on combined tracheoesophageal injuries after blunt neck trauma and their outcome. A search of MEDLINE for papers published regarding tracheoesophageal injury was made. The literature search identified 14 such articles referring to a total of 27 patients. Age ranged from 3-73 years. The mechanism of injury was secondary to a rope/wire in 33%, metal bar in 4% of cases and unspecified in 63%. All of the patients were managed surgically. A number of tissues were used to protect the anastomosis including pleural and sternocleidomastoid muscle flaps. There were no reported mortalities. Patients with combined tracheoesophageal injury after blunt neck trauma require acute management of airway along with concomitant occult injuries. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3665059/ /pubmed/23723621 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.110774 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Hamid, Umar Imran Jones, James Mark Combined tracheoesophageal transection after blunt neck trauma |
title | Combined tracheoesophageal transection after blunt neck trauma |
title_full | Combined tracheoesophageal transection after blunt neck trauma |
title_fullStr | Combined tracheoesophageal transection after blunt neck trauma |
title_full_unstemmed | Combined tracheoesophageal transection after blunt neck trauma |
title_short | Combined tracheoesophageal transection after blunt neck trauma |
title_sort | combined tracheoesophageal transection after blunt neck trauma |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3665059/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23723621 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.110774 |
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