title: [Penetrating laryngotracheal injury during a suicide attempt].
abstract: The authors present a case of a 40-year-old man who intentionally stabbed himself several times in the trachea and larynx during a suicide attempt, and also inflicted other penetrating injuries of the stomach and liver upon himself. The preoperative examination using fiber-optic tracheoscopy and CT revealed only transection of the ligamentum cricothyroideum; the remaining two defects were discovered later, during the surgical revision. All three injuries were successfully treated with sutures, in one case using the transtracheal approach.
authors: Chirurgische Klinik, Medizinische Fakultät, Karls-Universität und Universitätskrankenhaus Pilsen, Alej Svobody 80, 30460, Pilsen, Tschechische Republik. vodicka@fnplzen.cz
authors: J
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authors: Vodička
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authors: Bierhanzlová
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authors: Kuntscher
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authors: Kastner
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Svoboda
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