[External severe laryngeal trauma with multiple fractures and airway compromise].

Abstract

External laryngeal traumas are rare but clinically can cause important life-threatening injuries. We report the case of a 33 yeras old male who suffered a severe traffic accident: TCE, facial trauma with multiple fractures and laryngeal trauma with fracture of the thyroid cartilage and the hyoid bone. Because an important edema in the airway, it was not possible an orotracheal intubation and he required urgent coniotomy with later reconstruction surgery and tracheostomy. Actually our patient has been decanulated and the fibroscopic image of the larynx and its functionality is correct.

• Authors: V Pino Rivero, A González Palomino, G Pardo Romero, M Marcos García, G Trinidad Ruiz, C G Pantoja Hernández, T Keituqwa Yáñez, A Blasco Huelva
• Journal: Anales otorrinolaringologicos ibero-americanos (An Otorrinolaringol Ibero Am) Vol. 32 Issue 3 Pg. 239-44 ( 2005) ISSN: 0303-8874 [Print] Spain
• Vernacular Title: Traumatismo laríngeo externo severo con fracturas mújltiples y compromiso de la vía aérea.
• PMID: 16001693 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Dyspnea (diagnosis, etiology)
• Emphysema (diagnosis, etiology)
• Fractures, Bone (complications, surgery)
• Fractures, Cartilage
• Humans
• Hyoid Bone (injuries, surgery)
• Larynx (diagnostic imaging, injuries, surgery)
• Male
• Multiple Trauma (complications, surgery)
• Severity of Illness Index
• Thyroid Cartilage (injuries, surgery)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• Voice Disorders (diagnosis, etiology)