Successful management of a life-threatening penetrating neck injury following a road traffic accident - A case report
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: We report here the successful management of a life-threatening injury in a 20-year-old male presenting to our emergency department with laceration of the aero-digestive and vascular structures of the neck following a road traffic accident. Timely intervention from a multidisciplinary team led to successful resuscitation and surgical repair of the trachea and oesophagus. The patient was discharged from the hospital following a short stay in the critical care unit and is currently symptom-free.
DOI: 10.25259/peak_5_2025
Institution: King George's Medical University
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W7117358601