A CASE OF HOMICIDAL CUT THROAT INJURY WITH CONCOMITANT TRANSECTION OF TRACHEA AND OESOPHAGUS.
- Senior Consultant Surgeon, Department of General Surgery, Noble Hospital, Pune.
- Junior Resident, Department of General Surgery, Noble Hospital, Pune.
- Senior Resident, Department of General Surgery, Noble Hospital, Pune.
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Homicidal cut-throat injuries are potentially life threatening because of the many vital structures that course through this area. Definite incidence of homicidal cut-throat injuries is unavailable as many are fatal before making it to a medical echelon. These patients need emergency and multispecialty care with multidisciplinary approach. Managing these cases at peripherally located sub-optimally equipped medical setups is a challenge in itself and despite being apparently stable and breathing spontaneously, these patients rapidly deteriorate. Expertise in managing airway is pivotal in securing a definitive airway in such cases thereby facilitating the wound exploration and surgical repair. We present a patient who was the victim of a homicidal cut-throat injury referred to us from a peripherally located medical setup.
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[Abhijit A. Whatkar, Bhushan H. Mahamulkar and Krishna Narayan Tiwari. (2019); A CASE OF HOMICIDAL CUT THROAT INJURY WITH CONCOMITANT TRANSECTION OF TRACHEA AND OESOPHAGUS. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 7 (Oct). 537-540] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
