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Cricotracheal separation with multiple cricoid fractures after blunt neck injury: a case report
H Malliari1, E Ntasenos1, A Chatziavramidis1
1Otolaryngology Department, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle Universityof Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Background/Aim:
Cricotracheal separation is a rare injury with fatal results in most cases. Clear guidelines are not available and several dilemmas are to be faced during patient management in such cases.
Description Of Case:
We present a case of cricotracheal separation with multiple cricoid fractures in a 16-year-old male with blunt neck trauma.
Conclusion:
Early recognition based on an index of clinical suspicion is necessary in order to establish this rare diagnosis. Intervention should preserve the laryngeal function as much as possible.
