IP Journal of Surgery and Allied Sciences
Official Publication of Khyati Education and Research Foundation
Official Publication of Khyati Education and Research Foundation
Online ISSN: 2582-6387
IP Journal of Surgery and Allied Sciences (JSAS) open access, peer-reviewed quarterly journal publishing since 2019 and is published under the Khyati Education and Research Foundation (KERF), is registered as a non-profit society (under the society registration act, 1860), Government of India with the vision of various accredited vocational courses in healthcare, education, paramedical, yoga, publication, teaching and research activity, with the aim of faster and better dissemination of knowledge, we will be publishing the article ‘Ahead more...Case Report
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Volume : 3, Issue : 1, Year : 2021
Article Page : 22-24
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.jsas.2021.006
Abstract
Neck trauma due to compressing injury (accompanied by surgical emphysema and pneumomediastinum) can be critical. It may develop in up to 10% of patients and may be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality due to the associated damage to the aerodigestive tract. Depending on the extent and severity of aerodigestive tract injury, management varies between conservative to surgical intervention. We present a case of blunt compressing neck trauma accompanied by subcutaneous emphysema secondary to compression of the neck by a cloth around the neck pulled by entangling in the shaft of a running electrical motor. It resulted in a leak in the oropharyngeal region which caused surgical emphysema in the cervicofacial region and pneumomediastinum. Its radiologic appearance, clinical presentation, and initial management options in the emergency department (ED) are presented here.
Keywords: Blunt neck trauma, Pneumomediastinum, Subcutaneous emphysema electrical motor shaft.
How to cite : Goyal S , Goyal S , An unusual case of surgical emphysema of neck due to compression injury: A case report. IP J Surg Allied Sci 2021;3(1):22-24
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