Citation

Birt BD, Smitheringale A. J. Otolaryngol. 1980; 9(4): 364-366.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, B C Decker)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7420528

Abstract

A youth impaled his neck when thrown from a car. No major vessels were damaged but the pharyngeal wall was so extensively disrupted that no repair was possible on the left side. Skin closure was effected and a large drain withdrawn slowly over several days during which he was hyperalimented. He made a rapid and complete recovery from this injury which also included mandibular damage and penetration of the brain.

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