Penetrating injury to the pharynx by a toothbrush in a pediatric patient: A case report

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 387-389

  Tanaka, Takeshi ^a   Sudo, Masaharu ^b   Iwai, Koji ^b   Fujieda, Shigeharu ^c   Saito, Hitoshi ^c  

^a Osaka Dai ichi Hospital   (Japan)

^b FUKUI PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Penetrating injury; Retropharyngeal space; Toothbrush

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FALLING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PAIN; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PHARYNX; TOOTH BRUSHING; WOUND CLOSURE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHARYNX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0036775849     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0385-8146(02)00059-7     Document Type: Article

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