Bougie-facilitated Intubation in Penetrating Neck Injury

Abstract

A young male patient with a history of schizophrenia was admitted to the emergency department after suicide attempt. He slashed his neck with a broken glass and this resulted in a wound in zone II exposing laryngeal structures. The vocal cords could be visualized through the wound. Intubation over a bougie was successful after well tropicalizing the patient’s airway. The patient was taken for immediate tracheostomy and reconstruction.

Keywords

• Penetrating
• neck
• intubation