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Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg · Dec 1983
Case ReportsPharyngoesophageal perforations after blunt trauma to the neck.
- W E Hagan.
- Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1983 Dec 1;91(6):620-6.
AbstractThe neck with cartilaginous framework left intact still requires a high index of suspicion of a pharyngoesophageal perforation after blunt trauma. If the diagnosis is missed and/or prompt surgical drainage of the perforation is delayed, increased morbidity from deep neck abscesses and/or death may result. This is the first reported series of pharyngoesophageal perforations that follow blunt trauma. On the basis of this clinical experience and the literature, I have formulated a treatment protocol for upper aerodigestive tract perforations secondary to blunt trauma.
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