Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery
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A 52-year-old man stabbed in his neck and abdomen by a kitchen knife for the purpose of suicide. He was immediately transferred by ambulance car. Subcutaneous emphysema was not observed. ⋯ The patient died due to suicide by hanging 16 months after surgery. Orotracheal intubation and primary suture were effective in a patient with trachea injury. Prevention of suicide is also important after leaving hospital in patients with history of suicide.