Gauri Patil*

Junior Resident, PCMC’s Post Graduate Institute and YCM Hospital, Pimpri, Pune, India

*Corresponding Author: Gauri Patil, Junior Resident, PCMC’s Post Graduate Institute and YCM Hospital, Pimpri, Pune, India.

Received: January 24, 2024; Published: February 20, 2025

Abstract

Although rare, anterior blunt or penetrating neck trauma demand a high grade of suspicion for laryngeal injury, since the spectrum of presentation can vary and early management is imperative for good patient outcomes.

Aim: To study various clinical presentations of acute laryngeal injuries. At a tertiary care hospital, a retrospective review was performed of 30 cases. Classification was done on basis of history, type of injury, structures involved and protocol for the treatment that was followed. Few of the interesting cases are hereby discussed with novel interventions.

Keywords:Acute Laryngeal Trauma; Blunt Laryngeal Trauma

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Citation

Citation: Gauri Patil. “Acute Laryngeal Trauma: A Case Series of 30 Cases".Acta Scientific Otolaryngology 7.3 (2025): 23-26.

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Copyright: © 2025 Gauri Patil. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.