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Revista Colombiana de Cirugía
Print version ISSN 2011-7582On-line version ISSN 2619-6107
Abstract
RICARDO-SAGRA, Michael; AYALA-PEREZ, Sergio Camilo; SANGUINO-JARAMILLO, María Gabriela and ALZATE, Juan Pablo. Conservative management of aerodigestive injury: A case report and review of the literature. rev. colomb. cir. [online]. 2022, vol.37, n.3, pp.499-504. Epub Aug 28, 2022. ISSN 2011-7582. https://doi.org/10.30944/20117582.894.
Introduction.
Penetrating neck trauma represents an unfortunate event with a low incidence and high diagnostic and therapeutic complexity, which represents a challenge for the general surgeon.
Clinical case.
A 20-year-old female patient, who suffered a cervical wound from a firearm projectile, secondarily developing an aerodigestive lesion. An expectant treatment was carried out in a high complexity hospital, with a favorable evolution.
Discussion.
In the literature there is a clear debate regarding the management of penetrating neck injuries and suspected occult organic injury. In our patient, the aerodigestive injury was treated by observation and clinical follow-up.
Conclusions.
The management of a patient with aerodigestive injury can be corroborated by diagnostic images and can be treated expectantly with a successful result, without adding morbidity and with an adequate impact on the proper use of available resources.
Keywords : neck; wounds and injuries; gunshot wounds; diagnosis; observation; treatment.