title: Pediatric laryngotracheal separation following a go-cart injury.
abstract: Less than one percent of trauma admission cases are categorized as pediatric neck trauma [13]. Nevertheless, due to an increasingly mobile society, there has been an increasing frequency of pediatric neck trauma with motor vehicle accidents being the most common mechanism of injury [8]. We present a case of laryngotracheal separation from a blunt, clothesline injury to the neck in a pediatric patient. We also review the literature and discuss the benefit of balloon airway dilation and its assistance in the management of laryngeal trauma and its resultant effects.
authors.affiliation: Chulabhorn International College of Medicine, Thammasat University, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pathum Thani, Thailand.
authors.forename: Polpatt
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jitpakdee
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA USA.
authors.forename: Toby
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Steele
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA USA.
authors.forename: Aditi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhuskute
authors.affiliation: Cohen's Children's Medical Center, Hofstra University School of Medicine | Northwell Health, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, New Hyde Park, NY, USA. Electronic address: dsetabutr@northwell.edu.
authors.forename: Dhave
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Setabutr
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization; D002648:Child; D004106:Dilatation; D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D018986:Motor Vehicles; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014132:Trachea / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Laryngotracheal separation; Pediatric