title: Traumatic partial amputation of the tongue. Case report and literature review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The traumatic injuries to the tongue can go form section to partial or complete amputation, the latter being a rare presentation in the setting of facial trauma or even in patients with mental illness.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present 25-year-old patient with traumatic partial amputation of the tongue who presented to the emergency department with successful surgical repair with good functional and esthetic outcome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The tongue can suffer a broad type of traumatic injuries, in the setting of active bleeding, the muscular planes must be closed with absorbable sutures to stop the hemorrhage and prevent hematoma formation. Tongue surgical repair in the setting of a total section requires integrity of arterial and venous flow, so anastomosis must be executed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Amputation of the tongue can put the patient's life at risk and its management needs to be mastered by the surgeons treating polytraumatized patients.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Angeles Mocel, Facultad Mexicana de Medicina, Universidad La Salle, Posgrado, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: José Roberto
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hernández-Méndez
authors.affiliation: Hospital Angeles Mocel, Facultad Mexicana de Medicina, Universidad La Salle, Posgrado, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: María Rita
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Luna
authors.affiliation: Hospital Ángeles Mocel, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: Joaquín Eugenio
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Guarneros-Zárate
authors.affiliation: Hospital Angeles Mocel, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vélez-Palafox
keywords: Partial amputation of the tongue; Tongue trauma