Kadeejat Anusha¹, Sreelekshmi R² and Ashok Vivekanand¹*

¹Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Karnataka, India ²Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Sundaram Medical Foundation, Chennai, India

*Corresponding Author: Ashok Vivekanand, Senior Resident, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Karnataka, India.

Received: March 21, 2022; Published: April 22, 2022

Abstract

Injuries to the head and neck region are rare after bull gore injuries. The case which we are reporting is a case of bull gore injury to the anterior triangle of neck, causing penetrating neck injury and transection of internal jugular vein. The patient was managed with ligation of both ends of the transected vessel, with flush ligation of the upper end of vessel with sternocleidomastoid muscle. The patient's hospital stay was uneventful and got discharged on day 7 of post operative period.

Keywords: Anterior Triangle; Penetrating Neck Injury; Bull Gore; Internal Jugular Vein; Surgical Emphysema

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Citation

Citation: Ashok Vivekanand., et al. “A Rare Case of Bull Gore Injury Presenting with Internal Jugular Vein Transection".Acta Scientific Otolaryngology 4.5 (2022): 37-39.

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