title: A bizarre pharyngeal injury.
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 Skin closure was effected and a large drain withdrawn slowly over several days during which he was hyperalimented.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.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005592:Fracture Fixation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008337:Mandibular Fractures; D010614:Pharynx / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery*