African Journal of Trauma

CASE REPORT
Year
: 2017  |  Volume : 6  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 23--25

Airway management in maxillofacial gunshot injury: A case report and literature review


K. N. J. Prakash Raju, D Anandhi, Joseph Alexis, K Aswin, Vinay R Pandit 
 Department of Emergency Medicine and Trauma, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India

Correspondence Address:
Dr. K. N. J. Prakash Raju
Department of Emergency Medicine and Trauma, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry - 605 006
India

Airway management of patients with maxillofacial trauma is complex and crucial because it can dictate a patient's survival. Often, the status of the cervical spine is unknown in the acute setting, and care must be taken to prevent inadvertent neurological injury. Airway management is a unique and a defining element to the specialty of Emergency Medicine. Failure to secure the airway can drastically increase the morbidity and mortality of the patient within few minutes. Here, we report a case of a young man with shattered mandible following gunshot injury, presenting with airway compromise. Our emergency team successfully managed his airway, and he got operated and successfully discharged without any morbidity.


How to cite this article:
Raju KJ, Anandhi D, Alexis J, Aswin K, Pandit VR. Airway management in maxillofacial gunshot injury: A case report and literature review.Afr J Trauma 2017;6:23-25


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Raju KJ, Anandhi D, Alexis J, Aswin K, Pandit VR. Airway management in maxillofacial gunshot injury: A case report and literature review. Afr J Trauma [serial online] 2017 [cited 2024 Mar 29 ];6:23-25
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