Citation

Vodička J, Spidlen V, Bierhanzlová J, Kuntscher V, Kastner J, Svoboda K. Unfallchirurg 2012; 115(7): 649-652.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00113-011-2043-5

PMID

21604028

Abstract

The authors present a case of a 40-year-old man who intentionally stabbed himself several times in the trachea and larynx during a suicide attempt, and also inflicted other penetrating injuries of the stomach and liver upon himself. The preoperative examination using fiber-optic tracheoscopy and CT revealed only transection of the ligamentum cricothyroideum; the remaining two defects were discovered later, during the surgical revision. All three injuries were successfully treated with sutures, in one case using the transtracheal approach.

Language: de

Keywords

Humans; Adult; Male; Treatment Outcome; Suicide, Attempted; Tracheotomy; Wounds, Penetrating; Trachea; Radiography; Larynx; Laryngectomy