Prehospital tracheotomy in a case of avulsion of the larynx with a comminuted fracture of the jawbone
Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine
;
(4): 173-176, 2019.
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em Inglês
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| ID: wpr-785600
ABSTRACT
Emergency physicians in the field are sometimes confronted with cases wherein patients cannot be intubated and ventilated. In some cases, cricothyrotomy, the method of choice for securing an emergency airway, may not have a successful outcome. We report a rare case of a 35-year-old male patient with avulsion of the larynx and a comminuted fracture of the jawbone, due to entrapment in a dung excavator. Prehospital tracheotomy was successfully performed. In cases with crush injuries to the larynx, anatomic structures, including the ligamentum conicum, are destroyed. In addition, massive subcutaneous emphysema blurs the anatomical key structures; hence, only a tracheotomy can prevent a lethal outcome.
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Assunto principal:
Enfisema Subcutâneo
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Traqueotomia
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Fraturas Cominutivas
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Emergências
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Serviços Médicos de Emergência
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Fraturas de Cartilagem
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Laringe
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Métodos
Limite:
Adulto
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
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