Citation

Omura T, Osaki M, Hara M, Hida O, Kinoshita S, Mitsumura K, Nakajima M, Tokunaga E. Practica Otologica 2016; 109(10): 723-727.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016)

DOI

10.5631/jibirin.109.723

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

We analyzed 10 patients with laryngeal injuries who had been treated in our hospital between May 2005 and April 2014. All patients had consulted our hospital within one week following the injury and so were acute patients. The most common etiologies were sports-related injuries in the young, suicide attempts in the middle-aged, and falls in the elderly. Six patients (60%) had received conservative therapy as out-patients. Three patients (30%) had been admitted to the hospital and were treated conservatively. The remaining one patient (10%) underwent surgical treatment. The purpose of treatment in the acute phase should be to secure the respiratory tract. For those patients who complained of dyspnea, admission and closer observation were mandatory and the need for an emergency tracheostomy should be considered. The patient who underwent surgery had an open injury due to their attempted suicide.

Language: ja

Keywords

Laryngeal injury; Emergency tracheostomy; Sports-related injury