Successful management of concommitant blunt injury to the trachea, esophagus, and cervical spine in a 6-year-old girl

J Pediatr Surg. 2004 Jul;39(7):1130-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.03.078.

Abstract

A 6-year-old girl sustained an unusual constellation of injuries after blunt trauma sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Transection of the trachea and esophagus were managed successfully by repair through a median sternotomy while the patient was on cardiopulmonary bypass. A cervical spinal injury was fixated with halo traction and a femur fracture with internal fixation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bronchoscopy
  • Cervical Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
  • Cervical Vertebrae / injuries*
  • Cervical Vertebrae / surgery
  • Child
  • Esophagus / diagnostic imaging
  • Esophagus / injuries*
  • Esophagus / surgery
  • Female
  • Femoral Fractures / surgery
  • Fracture Fixation, Internal
  • Humans
  • Multiple Trauma / diagnosis
  • Multiple Trauma / surgery*
  • Radiography
  • Rupture / diagnosis
  • Rupture / surgery
  • Trachea / injuries*
  • Trachea / surgery
  • Traction
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / diagnosis
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / surgery*