Impact of Deferred Surgical Intervention on the Outcome of External Laryngeal Trauma Chien-Hung Liao, MD, FICS, Jen-Fu Huang, MD, Shao-Wei Chen, MD, Chih-Yuan Fu, MD, FICS, Li-Ang Lee, MD, FICS, Chun-Hsiang Ouyang, MD, Shang-Yu Wang, MD, FICS, I-Ming Kuo, MD, Kuo-Chin Yuan, MD, Yu-Pao Hsu, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 98, Issue 2, Pages 477-483 (August 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.079 Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 CONSORT diagram describing cohort identification. (ICD-9-CM, International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Division, Clinical Modification.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 98, 477-483DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.079) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Computed tomographic presentation of external laryngeal trauma (ELT). (A) Hyoid bone injury: Fracture of the left lateral aspect of the hyoid body (arrow). (B) Thyroid cartilage injury: Fracture through the right paramedian thyroid lamina (arrow) consistent with a submucosal hematoma and subcutaneous emphysema. (C) Cricoid cartilage injury: Fracture through the left aspect of the cricoid cartilage showing 2 displaced fracture fragments (arrow). (D) Arytenoid dislocation: Dislocation of the right arytenoid cartilage and scattered soft tissue emphysema (arrow). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 98, 477-483DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.079) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions