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Acute laryngeal trauma: a comparison between peace time and war injuries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Davorin Đanić ,
Damir Miličić ,
Drago Prgomet  and
Dinko Leović
Davorin Đanić*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery, ‘Dr Josip Benčević’ General Hospital, Slavonski Brod, Croatia.
Damir Miličić
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery, ‘Dr Josip Benčević’ General Hospital, Slavonski Brod, Croatia.
Drago Prgomet
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery, ‘Dr Josip Benčević’ General Hospital, Slavonski Brod, Croatia.
Dinko Leović
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery, ‘Dr Josip Benčević’ General Hospital, Slavonski Brod, Croatia.
*
Address for correspondence: Davorin Đanić, M.D., Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery, General Hospital ‘Dr Josip Benčević’ Slavonski Brod, Andrije Stampara 42, 55000 Slavonski Brod, Croatia, Europe.
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Abstract

Thirty-six patients with acute laryngeal trauma are presented. Sixteen patients had peace-time and 20 had war injuries. Peace-time injuries were mostly due to car accidents, violence and suicide using a knife, whereas the war injuries were caused by shell and mine fragments.

Nine patients were treated conservatively (eight peace-time and one war-time) and 27 by surgery (eight peace-time and 19 war-time).

Surgical experience showed that acute laryngeal trauma must be treated within the first 24 hours after injury. Primary treatment must be a definite one. In that way complications and uncontrolled healing can be successfully avoided.

Keywords

LarynxWounds and injuriesWar
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Main Articles
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Issue 5 , May 1996 , pp. 435 - 439
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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