Article Text
Reminder of important clinical lesson
CASE REPORT
Go-karting injury: a case of laryngeal trauma
Summary
We report a case of accidental strangulation and crush injury to the anterior neck resulting in laryngeal trauma. This extremely uncommon mechanism of injury provides a safety warning regarding precautions with neck wear, and the unusual resulting injury represents an opportunity to review best practice in management of laryngeal trauma.
- Ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology
- Head and neck surgery
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Footnotes
Contributors MB: primary author of the manuscript. MK: literature review and review of the manuscript. PB: review of the manuscript. NS: review of the manuscript.
Competing interests None declared.
Patient consent Obtained.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.