BACKGROUND: Obtaining a patent airway can be difficult in patients with traumatic airway
injuries (TAI). There is a paucity of data available about the incidence of airway compromise …

Introduction Much of the research impacting diagnosis, outcome, and treatment of traumatic
brain injuries (TBIs) has favored time of consciousness criteria indicative of hemispheric …

Hypopharyngeal perforation is mainly reported in association with high velocity road traffic
accidents, or with low velocity direct blows to the neck. We report a case of hypopharyngeal …

Hypopharyngeal rupture because of blunt neck trauma is an extremely rare clinical entity.
Early diagnosis and appropriate management are of great importance, given that an …

Background: Blunt pharyngoesophageal injuries pose a management challenge to the
trauma surgeon. The purpose of this study was to explore whether these injuries can be …

Retropharyngeal abscesses are serious infections of the deep tissues of the neck
associated with significant morbidity and mortality due to their proximity to vital structures …

The neck is a complex region that houses many important structures from many different
organ systems, including the vascular, respiratory, digestive, neurologic, musculoskeletal …

A woman in her 70s underwent endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for gastric-type
adenoma in the anterior wall of the upper gastric body with intravenous anesthesia. We …

Pharyngeal perforation related to blunt neck trauma is a rare clinical entity. Here in, we
report a case of pharyngeal perforation secondary to minor blunt neck trauma. A 46 year old …

Pharyngeal perforation caused by non-penetrating cervical trauma is an extremely rare
clinical entity both in adults and children. Data concerning management of this type of injury …