TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1979//
TI  - Injured tongue due to bite of fer-de-lance (author's transl)
JO  - Laryngologie, rhinologie, otologie
A1  - Skoda-Türk, R.
SP  - 470
EP  - 473
VL  - 58
IS  - 5
N2  - A nine-year-old boy was bitten in the tongue by an Asiatic fer-de-lance, a Trimenesurus wagleri. No generalized toxic reaction developed; there was only locally a massive edema of the tongue leading to a severe dyspnea. The child was intubated and administered antiphlogistics, antibiotics, cortison, a tetanus booster shot as well as parenteral nutrition. After three days the local status was unchanged. Because of the danger of the development of necrosis in the laryngeal region as a result of the toxic effect and the sustained intubation, a tracheotomy inferior was carried out. The status localis improved considerably after surgery, so that a week after the bite the tracheostoma could be closed. Four weeks later no pathological findings were made any more, the tracheostoma had healed up well.<p /> <p>Language: de</p>
LA  - de
SN  - 0340-1588
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -