Penetrierende laryngotracheale Verletzung beim Suizid
[Penetrating laryngotracheal injury during a suicide attempt]
Language German Country Germany Media print
Document type Case Reports, Journal Article
- MeSH
- Adult MeSH
- Laryngectomy methods MeSH
- Larynx diagnostic imaging injuries surgery MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Wounds, Penetrating diagnostic imaging surgery MeSH
- Suicide, Attempted * MeSH
- Radiography MeSH
- Trachea diagnostic imaging injuries surgery MeSH
- Tracheotomy methods MeSH
- Treatment Outcome MeSH
- Check Tag
- Adult MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Male MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Case Reports MeSH
The authors present a case of a 40-year-old man who intentionally stabbed himself several times in the trachea and larynx during a suicide attempt, and also inflicted other penetrating injuries of the stomach and liver upon himself. The preoperative examination using fiber-optic tracheoscopy and CT revealed only transection of the ligamentum cricothyroideum; the remaining two defects were discovered later, during the surgical revision. All three injuries were successfully treated with sutures, in one case using the transtracheal approach.
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