TY - JOUR
T1 - Anaesthetic management of tracheal injury following blunt neck trauma
T2 - An unusual late presentation
AU - Yousuf, Muhammad Saad
AU - Pervez, Mohammadbin
AU - Fatimi, Saulat
AU - Samad, Khalid
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - Tracheal injuries, following blunt neck trauma, are life-threatening surgical emergencies with high risk of mortality. A high index of suspicion is necessary to avoid missing an occult injury because delays in diagnosis and definitive treatment are associated with poorer outcomes. We, herein, report a case of a 28-year man who presented in Emergency Department 15 days after blunt neck trauma from an accident involving electric cable. Anaesthetic challenges, airway management and importance of effective close loop communication, during repair of complex tracheal reconstruction, will be discussed in this case report.
AB - Tracheal injuries, following blunt neck trauma, are life-threatening surgical emergencies with high risk of mortality. A high index of suspicion is necessary to avoid missing an occult injury because delays in diagnosis and definitive treatment are associated with poorer outcomes. We, herein, report a case of a 28-year man who presented in Emergency Department 15 days after blunt neck trauma from an accident involving electric cable. Anaesthetic challenges, airway management and importance of effective close loop communication, during repair of complex tracheal reconstruction, will be discussed in this case report.
KW - Airway and anesthetic management
KW - Blunt trauma
KW - Tracheal injury
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U2 - 10.29271/jcpsp.2021.08.992
DO - 10.29271/jcpsp.2021.08.992
M3 - Article
C2 - 34320723
AN - SCOPUS:85112679958
SN - 1022-386X
VL - 31
SP - 992
EP - 994
JO - Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
JF - Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
IS - 8
ER -