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Case Reports
. 2017 Nov 27:13:30-34.
doi: 10.1016/j.tcr.2017.11.005. eCollection 2018 Feb.

Successful management of suicidal cut throat injury with internal jugular, tracheal and esophageal transection: A case report

E H Naqvi Sayyed  1 , Akhtar Sadik  1 , M H Beg  1 , Haseen Azam  1 , Raza Nadeem  1 , Ali Eram  1
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Case Reports

Successful management of suicidal cut throat injury with internal jugular, tracheal and esophageal transection: A case report

E H Naqvi Sayyed et al. Trauma Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Airway management; Oesophageal transection; Suicidal cut throat; Tracheal transection; Vascular trauma neck.

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Figures

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Fig. 1
Showing airway management by 7 Fr tracheostomy tube inserted in the distal trachea and neck packed and pressurized to achieve hemostasis while the patient was shifted to operation theatre.
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Fig. 2
Showing deep anterior neck wound, repaired right internal jugular vein, transected trachea (tracheostomy tube temporarily removed) and completely transected cervical esophagus.
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Fig. 3
Showing end to end anastomosis of transected esophagus anterior layer, posterior layer completed.
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Fig. 4
Showing completed anterior layer of esophageal anastomosis.
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Fig. 5
Showing tracheal anastomosis over endotracheal tube (posterior layer completed).
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Fig. 6
Showing complete anterior tracheal anastomosis with soft tissue strengthening around tracheal anastomosis.
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