Journal of emergencies, trauma, and shock
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J Emerg Trauma Shock
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J Emerg Trauma Shock · Jul 2008
Complication following primary repair of a penetrating bull horn injury to the trachea.
A 22-year-old male patient was admitted to the casualty with a bull horn injury in the lower zone of the neck in the midline. The patient was conscious and distressed but hemodynamically stable. Local examination revealed a lacerated wound. ⋯ The patient was weaned off the ventilator within 24 h and transferred to the surgical ward on spontaneous ventilation with the tracheostomy tube in situ. The size of the patient's tracheostomy tube was reduced gradually by the serial exchange method. The wound ultimately healed with minimal scarring.