A Clinical Study of Management and Outcome of 60 Cut Throat Injuries

Kundu, Rajesh Kumar; Adhikary, Bivas; Naskar, Sukanya

doi:10.14260/jemds/1638

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“…Providing the efficient emergency health care services for primary care and effective ambulance system for immediate transport of cut throat victims to hospital will decrease time delay in reaching the hospital. Stringent and appropriate measures by the government agencies for enforcement of law and order will reduce the burden of homicidal cut throat in near future [10] [11].…”

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Cut Throat Injuries—A Retrospective Study at a Tertiary Referral Hospital

Panchappa¹,

Natarajan²,

Karuppasamy³

et al. 2014

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Objective: To analyze the socio demographic pattern, sex and age ratio, common causes, the most common site and extent of the injury in the patients with cut throat injury at our hospital. To compare the same with previous similar studies conducted at other centers in different parts of the world. Setting: Department of ENT, Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai, India from January 2013 to June 2014. Methods: A total of 51 cases of cut throat injury were included in the study. Separate proforma was prepared to collect the patients' data. Structured questionnaire was offered. Results: 51 cases of cut throat injury patients were included in the study. Age varied from 4 years to 80 years. Out of 51 cases, there were 43 males, 7 females and one male child. Male to female ratio was 6.2:1. All the patients were belonging to lower socioeconomic status (Kuppusamy class 5). Amongst them 26 cases (50.98%) were due to homicidal attack; 13 cases (25.49%) due to suicidal attempt; 7 cases (13.72%) due to road traffic accident; 4 cases (7.84%) due to bull gore injury; 1 case (1.96%) due to accidental fall. Emergency tracheostomy was done in 16 cases (33.33%). An average hospital stay for most of the patients was less than 3 weeks. 2 victims (3.92%) died due to haemorhage, aspiration pnuemonia and septicemia. Conclusions: Our study found that the majority of the victims were males of age between 20 years to 40 years from poor socioeconomic status. Social commitment and political motivation, decrease in the poverty, individual awareness, increase in economic growth, and literacy rate will prevent the cut throat injuries. Early and improved management will reduce the mortality and morbidity.

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Cut Throat Injuries—A Retrospective Study at a Tertiary Referral Hospital

Panchappa¹,

Natarajan²,

Karuppasamy³

et al. 2014

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“…None of the cases were of accidental origin 8 . In a study by Aich et alon hospitalized cut throat injury patients,48 (71.64%) were due to homicidal injury, 12 (17.91%) were victims to accidental injury, and only 7 (10.44%) persons went for suicidal attempt 9 .…”

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“…In a similar study by Ozdemir, the most dominant reason turned out to be mental illness with a prevalence of 26.7%,injuries due to honor reasons were second in order with 20%, the other reasons being domestic violence (13%), economical reasons (13%), and gang fights (7%). 8 All the patients included in our study were tribals from the rural areas of Jharkhand and were of low socio-economic class. Most of the people involved in the cases were addicted to one or the other product and many cases were finally reported to have been concluded under the effect of those.…”

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“…The management of these injuries requires a multidisciplinary approach requiring theclose association of the otolaryngologists, the vascular surgeons, the anesthetists and the psychiatrists 7 .Suicide is a known worldwide leading cause of death with psychiatric illnesses listed among the strongest predictors 8 . Other predictors listed are familial troubles and poverty 9 .Patients with attempted suicide should havea psychiatric consultation.…”

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A Comparative Study of Etiology of Cut Injury Neck Amongst Tribals Presenting in Ent Department of A Tertiary Care Hospital of Jharkhand.

Pandey¹,

Toppo²

2017

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“…Early presentation to the hospital, immediate and timely management by the intensivist, anaesthesiologist and surgeon offers a successful outcome. Stringent and appropriate measures by the government agencies for enforcement of law and order will reduce the burden of homicidal cut throat in near future [17,18]. Mans never ending greed towards materialistic necessities requires to be addressed in order to curb such incidences in which a precious life is jeopardized.…”

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