Citation

Kohout MP, Percy J, Sears W, Yeo JD. Aust. N. Zeal. J. Surg. 1989; 59(6): 505-506.

Affiliation

Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2735879

Abstract

A 33 year old zoo keeper was attacked by a Sumatran tiger in captivity. Apart from severe lacerations and penetrating wounds to the head and neck, the patient sustained comminuted fractures of C1 and C2 vertebrae with resultant high laceration of the spinal cord. Major vascular injury as well as trauma to pharynx also occurred. The patient survived these injuries for 15 h.

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