Tracheal Injuries

Year 2018, Volume: 25 Issue: 2, 222 - 227, 01.06.2018

Ahmet Gökhan Gündoğdu , Fatma Özlem Yazkan Rasih Yazkan

https://doi.org/10.17343/sdutfd.316201

Abstract

Tracheal injuries, although uncommon, are yet very
important since they can lead to immediate death. With the improvement of
prehospital medical care the incidence is expected to increase in time. Blunt
or penetrating trauma, iatrogenic causes, strangulation, burns and caustic
material ingestion give rise to tracheal injuries. Management is either
conservative or surgical. Mainstay of the tracheal injuries is suspicion, early
diagnosis and prompt management.

Keywords

trachea, injury

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