Acute laryngeal trauma: a comparison between peace time and war injuries.
Thirty-six patients with acute laryngeal trauma are presented. Sixteen patients had peace-time and 20 had war injuries. Peace-time injuries were mostly due to car accidents, violence and suicide using a knife, whereas the war injuries were caused by shell and mine fragments. Nine patients were treated conservatively (eight peace-time and one war-time) and 27 by surgery (eight peace-time and 19 war-time). Surgical experience showed that acute laryngeal trauma must be treated within the first 24 hours after injury. Primary treatment must be a definite one. In that way complications and uncontrolled healing can be successfully avoided.
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Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery, Dr Josip Bencević General Hospital, Croatia.
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017523:Croatia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014754:Violence; D014857:Warfare; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000601:surgery*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery*