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The Management of Gunshot and Stab Injuries of the Trachea FREE

Marcelle Sulek, MD; Robert H. Miller, MD; Kenneth L. Mattox, MD
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Accepted for publication April 30, 1982.

Reprint requests to Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, 1200 Moursund Ave, Houston, TX 77030 (Dr Miller).


Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1983;109(1):56-59. doi:10.1001/archotol.1983.00800150060012
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• With violence escalating in our society, there has been an increase in the number of gunshot and stab injuries of the trachea. In an effort to determine the natural history and appropriate management of these injuries, a review of the records of patients suffering gunshot or stab injuries of the trachea treated at Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, between 1975 and 1979 was performed. Seventeen patients were treated, seven with stab wounds and nine with gunshot wounds and one with both; primary repair of the trachea was performed in all injuries and stenosis developed in three patients. The management of tracheal stenosis and complications after repair will be discussed with case histories.

(Arch Otolaryngol 1983;109:56-59)

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Dedo H, Fishman NH:  Laryngeal release and sleeve resection for tracheal stenosis . Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1969;;78:285-296.
Montgomery WW:  Suprahyoid release for tracheal anastomosis . Arch Otolaryngol 1974;;99:255-260.
Beall AC, Harrington OB, Greenberg SD, et al:  Tracheal reconstruction with heavy Marlex mesh . Arch Surg 1963;;86:970-978.

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Ray MW, Brenner RN, Kravits M: Firearm Use in Violent Crime . Washington, DC, The Justice Department, 1978;.
Newton GC, Zimring FF: Firearms and Violence in American Life: A Staff Report Submitted to the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence . Violence in America Series. Washington, DC, Office of the President, 1970;.
Rushforth NB, Ford AB, Hirsch CS, et al:  Violent death in a metropolitan community: Changing patterns in homicide (1958-1974) . N Engl J Med 1977;;297:531-538.
LeMay SR:  Penetrating wounds of the larynx and cervical trachea . Arch Otolaryngol 1971;;94:558-565.
Symbas PN, Hatcher CR, Beohm GAW:  Acute penetrating tracheal trauma . Ann Thorac Surg 1976;;22:473-477.
Grillo HC:  Surgery of the trachea . Curr Probl Surg , (July) 1980;, pp 3-59.
Mulliken J, Grillo HC:  The limits of tracheal resection with primary anastomosis: Further anatomical studies in man . J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1968;;55:418-421.
Dedo H, Fishman NH:  Laryngeal release and sleeve resection for tracheal stenosis . Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1969;;78:285-296.
Montgomery WW:  Suprahyoid release for tracheal anastomosis . Arch Otolaryngol 1974;;99:255-260.
Beall AC, Harrington OB, Greenberg SD, et al:  Tracheal reconstruction with heavy Marlex mesh . Arch Surg 1963;;86:970-978.

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