Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6213159 | International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology | 2016 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Less than one percent of trauma admission cases are categorized as pediatric neck trauma [13]. Nevertheless, due to an increasingly mobile society, there has been an increasing frequency of pediatric neck trauma with motor vehicle accidents being the most common mechanism of injury [8].We present a case of laryngotracheal separation from a blunt, clothesline injury to the neck in a pediatric patient. We also review the literature and discuss the benefit of balloon airway dilation and its assistance in the management of laryngeal trauma and its resultant effects.
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Authors
Polpatt Jitpakdee, Toby Steele, Aditi Bhuskute, Dhave Setabutr,