Near-Complete Supraglottic Transection of the Larynx after a Motorbike Accident

Severe laryngeal trauma is rare in the civilian environment and requires appropriate and timely surgical intervention. We report a case from Sydney, Australia, which was managed with open reduction and internal fixation of the larynx with resorbable plates. The use of resorbable plates for operative...

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Autores principales: Hwang, Sang, McGinness, Samuel, Choroomi, Sim, Jacobson, Ian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3666302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23762706
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/827902
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author Hwang, Sang
McGinness, Samuel
Choroomi, Sim
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description Severe laryngeal trauma is rare in the civilian environment and requires appropriate and timely surgical intervention. We report a case from Sydney, Australia, which was managed with open reduction and internal fixation of the larynx with resorbable plates. The use of resorbable plates for operative fixation of the larynx has rarely been reported in literature but may be a viable alternative.
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spelling pubmed-36663022013-06-12 Near-Complete Supraglottic Transection of the Larynx after a Motorbike Accident Hwang, Sang McGinness, Samuel Choroomi, Sim Jacobson, Ian Case Rep Otolaryngol Case Report Severe laryngeal trauma is rare in the civilian environment and requires appropriate and timely surgical intervention. We report a case from Sydney, Australia, which was managed with open reduction and internal fixation of the larynx with resorbable plates. The use of resorbable plates for operative fixation of the larynx has rarely been reported in literature but may be a viable alternative. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC3666302/ /pubmed/23762706 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/827902 Text en Copyright © 2013 Sang Hwang et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3666302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23762706
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/827902
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