title: Successful management of concommitant blunt injury to the trachea, esophagus, and cervical spine in a 6-year-old girl.
abstract: A 6-year-old girl sustained an unusual constellation of injuries after blunt trauma sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Transection of the trachea and esophagus were managed successfully by repair through a median sternotomy while the patient was on cardiopulmonary bypass. A cervical spinal injury was fixated with halo traction and a femur fracture with internal fixation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Oscar D
authors.initials: OD
authors.lastname: Guillamondegui
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Nance
authors.forename: J William
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Gaynor
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.forename: Perry W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Stafford
authors.forename: Timothy M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Crombleholme
mesh_terms: D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006801:Humans; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D012421:Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014132:Trachea / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014143:Traction; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*