title: Cricotracheal separation with multiple cricoid fractures after blunt neck injury: a case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Cricotracheal separation is a rare injury with fatal results in most cases. Clear guidelines are not available and several dilemmas are to be faced during patient management in such cases.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a case of cricotracheal separation with multiple cricoid fractures in a 16-year-old male with blunt neck trauma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early recognition based on an index of clinical suspicion is necessary in order to establish this rare diagnosis. Intervention should preserve the laryngeal function as much as possible.
authors.affiliation: Otolaryngology Department, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle Universityof Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Malliari
authors.affiliation: Otolaryngology Department, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle Universityof Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ntasenos
authors.affiliation: Otolaryngology Department, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle Universityof Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chatziavramidis
authors.affiliation: Otolaryngology Department, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle Universityof Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Printza
authors.affiliation: Otolaryngology Department, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle Universityof Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Konstantinidis
keywords: Laryngeal trauma; cricoid fracture; cricotracheal separation; neck injury