• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.53-55
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• 2010

A thyroid cartilage fracture is a rare entity and can be overlooked easily. Such cases are difficult to diagnose, and assessment and treatment guidelines are difficult to determine. CT of the neck region may be useful when acute airway intervention is not required or when more information regarding the neck's anatomy is required for management decisions. We describe a case of a thyroid cartilage fracture with displacement. In the emergency department (ED), neck CT and fiberoptic nasopharyngoscopy were used to assess the status of the patient's (a male) vocal chords immediately. He remained unable to phonate continuously. After an immediate assessment, we decided to use steroid and conservative therapy. The patient had a good recovery and was without symptoms one month after injury. There is no question that early surgical repair of neck injuries affords the best results for airway and voice patency in most cases however, we suspect that surgical repair is not needed in all cases. Early recognition and an accurate therapy plan for a thyroid fracture with displacement are essential. Therefore, the emergency physician's immediate and careful decision based on endoscopy and neck CT is important for the patient's long-term recovery.

• Proceedings of the KOR-BRONCHOESO Conference
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• 1983.05a
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• pp.14.2-14
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• 1983

Complications and sequelae of the laryngeal trauma are respiratory difficulties, edema or swelling, cellulitis or abscess, fistula, perichondrium and chondritis, chronic laryngeal stenosis, vocal cord paralysis, decannulation difficulty, and impaired voice production etc. Generally, the treatment of laryngeal injuries consists of initial tracheostomy for adequate airway and later surgical intervention for its complications and sequelae. Recently, authors experienced a case of closed laryngeal injury with thyroid cartilage fracture, left vocal cord paralysis, swallowing difficulty and right clavicular fracture owing to automobile accident. With reconstructive surgery for thyroid cartilage fracture, we established an adequate airway, improved swallowing function and better voice production.

• Korean Journal of Bronchoesophagology
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.51-54
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• 2007

Laryngeal trauma is an uncommon injury but can be life-threatening event. So, early diagnosis is important for appropriate surgical management and better outcome. Because there have been some controversies about Initial airway management, appropriate diagnostic evaluation, operative indication and timing, operative technique, it is difficult to make a common management pathway in laryngeal trauma. A case of laryngeal trauma with thyroid cartilage and hyoid bone fracture is presented with a brief review of literature.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.33 no.11
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• pp.919-921
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• 2000

50세 남자환자가 교통사고로 인한 경부부종을 주소로 응급실에 내원하였다. 경부 컴퓨터 당층촬영에서 갑상연골골절에 의한 기관열상으로 경부에 광범위한 피하기종이 생긴 것으로 진단되었다. 환자는 보존적 치료후 완전한 증상의 소실을 보였다. 갑상연골골절은 드문 외상이며 이에 의한 기관열상은 보고된 바 없다. 이에 저자들은 갑상연골골절에 의한 기관열상으로 경부에 광범위한 피하기종이 발생된 환자를 치험하였기에 보고하는 바이다.