Citation

Cobley TD, Hart WJ, Baldwin DL, Burd DA. Burns 1999; 25(4): 361-363.

Affiliation

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Frenchay Healthcare NHS Trust, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10431987

Abstract

A case is presented of a woman who sustained a 35% body surface area mixed depth cutaneous burn, together with a significant inhalational injury. The patient required emergency resuscitation with endotracheal intubation and subsequently tracheostomy. This resulted in an unfortunate complication of a total adhesion between the vocal cords which extended into the subglottic area, causing complete occlusion of the airway.

Language: en